Otodus auriculatus

Otodus auriculatus
Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene
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Teeth from Craven County, North Carolina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: †Otodontidae
Genus: †Otodus
Species:
†O. auriculatus
Binomial name
†Otodus auriculatus
Blainville, 1818
Subspecies
  • O. a. disauris (Agassiz, 1835)
  • O. a. auriculatus? (Blainville, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Otodus subserratus
  • Carcharocles ariculatus
  • Carcharocles auriculata
  • Carcharodon auriculatus

Otodus auriculatus is an extinct species of large shark in the genus Otodus of the family Otodontidae and is a predecessor of the megalodon. The largest individuals were about 9.5 metres (31 ft) long and teeth can reach up to 130 millimetres (5.1 in). Its teeth were the first in the genus Otodus to have both coarse serrations on the cutting edge and lateral cusplets.

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