Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Otodontidae
Genus: †Otodus
Subgenus: †Otodus (Megaselachus)
Species: †Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon
Name
†Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon (Agassiz, 1837)
Holotype: TE-PLI 18
Etymology: from Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “big”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”)
Synonyms
- †Carcharodon megalodon Agassiz, 1837
- †Carcharodon megalodon megalodon Agassiz, 1837
- †Carcharias megalodon (Agassiz, 1837)
- †Carcharocles megalodon (Agassiz, 1837)
- †Megaselachus megalodon (Agassiz, 1837)
- †Otodus megalodon (Agassiz, 1837)
- †Procarcharodon megalodon (Agassiz, 1837) -- Casier, 1960
- †Procarcharodon megalodon megalodon (Agassiz, 1837)
- †Carcharias giganteus
- †Carcharias grosseserratus
- †Carcharias incidens
- †Carcharias (Prionodon) incidens
- †Megaselachus incidens
- †Carcharias macrodon
- †Carcharias mexicanus
- †Carcharias polygurus
- †Carcharodon polygurus
- †Megaselachus polygyrus
- †Carcharias productus
- †Carcharocles productus
- †Carcharodon productus
- †Carcharodon megalodon productus
- †Megaselachus productus
- †Carcharodon arcuatus
- †Megaselachus arcuatus
- †Carcharodon branneri
- †Megaselachus branneri
- †Carcharodon brevis
- †Megaselachus brevis
- †Carcharodon costae
- †Megaselachus costae
- †Carcharodon crassidens
- †Megaselachus crassidens
- †Carcharodon crassirhadix
- †Megaselachus crassirhadix
- †Carcharodon crassus
- †Megaselachus crassus
- †Carcharodon gibbesii
- †Megaselachus gibbesii
- †Carcharodon gigas
- †Megaselachus gigas
- †Carcharodon helveticus
- †Megaselachus helveticus
- †Carcharodon humilis
- †Megaselachus humilis
- †Carcharodon intermedius
- †Megaselachus intermedius
- †Carcharodon latissimus
- †Carcharodon leviathan
- †Megaselachus leviathan
- †Carcharodon megalodon indica
- †Megaselachus megalodon indicus
- †Carcharodon megalodon polygyra
- †Carcharodon megalodon siculus
- †Carcharodon megalodon yamanarii
- †Carcharodon quenstedti
- †Carcharodon rectidens
- †Megaselachus rectidens
- †Carcharodon semiserratus
- †Megaselachus semiserratus
- †Carcharodon subauriculatus
- †Megaselachus subauriculatus
- †Carcharodon trembloris
- †Carcharodon tumidissimus
- †Carcharodon turicensis
- †Megaselachus auriculatus falciformis
- †Megaselachus auriculatus patagonicus
- †Megaselachus heterodon
- †Selache manzonii
Vernacular names
català: Tauró de grans dents
English: Megalodon
español: Carcharodon megalodon
français: Mégalodon
galego: Megalodón
עברית: מגלודון
magyar: Óriásfogú cápa
italiano: Megalodonte
日本語: メガロドン
한국어: 메갈로돈
português: Megalodonte
русский: Мегалодон
ไทย: เมกะโลดอน
中文: 巨牙鯊
English: Megalodon
español: Carcharodon megalodon
français: Mégalodon
galego: Megalodón
עברית: מגלודון
magyar: Óriásfogú cápa
italiano: Megalodonte
日本語: メガロドン
한국어: 메갈로돈
português: Megalodonte
русский: Мегалодон
ไทย: เมกะโลดอน
中文: 巨牙鯊
References
Primary references
- Agassiz, J.L.R. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 8–9). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel viii–72. Reference page.
Additional references
- Pimiento, C., MacFadden, B.J., Clements, C.F., Varela, S., Jaramillo, C., Velez-Juarbe, J. & Silliman, B.R. 2016. Geographical distribution patterns of Carcharocles megalodon over time reveal clues about extinction mechanisms. Journal of Biogeography 43(8): 1645–1655. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12754 Reference page.
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