Parotodus
Extinct genus of sharks / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Parotodus, commonly known as the false-toothed mako shark (or false mako shark), is an extinct genus of mackerel shark that lived approximately 53 to one million years ago during the Eocene and Pleistocene epochs. Its teeth, which are found worldwide, are often prized by fossil collectors due to their rarity. The scarcity of fossils is because Parotodus likely primarily inhabited open oceans far away from the continents.
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Parotodus | |
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Fossil teeth of Parotodus benedenii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †Parotodus Cappetta, 1980 |
Type species | |
†Parotodus benedenii Le Hon, 1871 | |
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