Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 301191

Alternative combination: Carcharodon subauriculatus

Synonyms: Carcharodon chubutensis Ameghino 1901 (no. 97249), Carcharodon polygurus Agassiz 1843 (no. 232176), Carcharodon polygyrus Agassiz 1843 (no. 97248)

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 15-16). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel 157-390

Belongs to Carcharocles according to W. Landini et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Carcharocles rectus, Otodus (Carcharocles) angustidens

Ecology: nektonic carnivore