†Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon

(Agassiz, 1837)

Taxonavigation: Lamniformes Überreich: Eukaryota Reich: Animalia Stamm (Phylum): Chordata Klade/Unterstamm (Clade/Subphylum): Craniata Unterstamm (Subphylum): Vertebrata Infrastamm (Infraphylum): Gnathostomata Klasse: Chondrichthyes Unterklasse: Elasmobranchii Infraklasse: Euselachii Division/Kohorte: Neoselachii Subdivision/Unterkohorte: Selachii Überordnung: Galeomorphii Ordnung: Lamniformes Familie: †Otodontidae Gattung : †Otodus Untergattung: †Megaselachus Synonyme †Carcharodon megalodon Agassiz, 1837 †Carcharias megalodon (Agassiz, 1837) †Carcharocles megalodon (Agassiz, 1837) †Megaselachus megalodon (Agassiz, 1837) †Otodus megalodon (Agassiz, 1837) †Procarcharodon megalodon (Agassiz, 1837) †Carcharias mexicanus Meyer, 1840 †Carcharias grosseserratus Agassiz, 1843 †Carcharodon polygyrus Agassiz, 1843 †Carcharodon polygurus (Agassiz, 1843) †Carcharias polygurus (Agassiz, 1843) †Carcharias polygyrus (Agassiz, 1843) †Carcharodon megalodon polygyra (Agassiz, 1843) †Megaselachus polygyrus (Agassiz, 1843) †Carcharodon productus Agassiz, 1843 †Carcharodon megalodon productus (Agassiz, 1843) †Carcharias productus (Agassiz, 1843) †Carcharocles productus (Agassiz, 1843) †Megaselachus productus (Agassiz, 1843) †Carcharodon rectidens Agassiz, 1843 †Carcharodon rectideus Agassiz, 1843 †Megaselachus rectidens (Agassiz, 1843) †Carcharodon semiserratus Agassiz, 1843 †Megaselachus semiserratus (Agassiz, 1843) †Carcharodon subauriculatus Agassiz, 1843 †Megaselachus subauriculatus (Agassiz, 1843) †Otodus heterodon Agassiz, 1843 †Megaselachus heterodon (Agassiz, 1843) †Carcharodon crassidens Sismonda, 1849 †Megaselachus crassidens (Sismonda, 1849) †Carcharodon crassus (Non Neugeboren, 1851) †Megaselachus crassus (Non Neugeboren, 1851) †Carcharodon arcuatus Costa, 1856 †Megaselachus arcuatus (Costa, 1856) †Carcharodon crassus (Costa, 1865) †Megaselachus crassus (Costa, 1865) †Carcharodon latissimus Costa, 1856 †Carcharodon tumidissimus Costa, 1856 †Carcharodon costae Gemmellaro, 1857 †Megaselachus costae (Gemmellaro, 1857) †Carcharodon gibbesii Michelotti, 1861 †Megaselachus gibbesii (Michelotti, 1861) †Carcharodon brevis Le Hon, 1871 †Megaselachus brevis (Le Hon, 1871) †Carcharias giganteus (Philippi, 1878) †Carcharodon gigas Philippi, 1878 †Megaselachus gigas (Philippi, 1878) †Selache manzonii Lawley, 1881 †Carcharias macrodon (Agassiz, 1889 †Carcharias incidens Eastman, 1904 †Carcharias (Prionodon) incidens Eastman, 1904 †Megaselachus incidens (Eastman, 1904) †Carcharodon humilis Koch, 1904 †Megaselachus humilis (Koch, 1904) †Carcharodon crassirhadix Ameghino, 1906 †Megaselachus crassirhadix (Ameghino, 1906) †Carcharodon branneri Jordan, 1907 †Megaselachus branneri (Jordan, 1907) †Carcharodon leviathan Jordan & Hannibal, 1923 †Megaselachus leviathan (Jordan & Hannibal, 1923) †Carcharodon tembloris Jordan, 1926 †Carcharodon trembloris Jordan, 1926 †Carcharodon quenstedti Ihering, 1927 †Carcharodon megalodon yamanarii Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935 †Carcharodon megalodon indica Leriche, 1954 †Megaselachus megalodon indicus (Leriche, 1954) Lokale Bezeichnung Megalodon

Zahn eines †Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon aus der Atacama Wüste (Chile) -- (C) Lonfat (via Wikimedia Commons)

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Literatur

• Agassiz, L. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 8–9). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel viii–72. Zitatseite 
• Collareta, A., Lambert, O., Landini, W., Di Celma, C., Malinverno, E., Varas-Malca, R., Urbina, M. & Bianucci, G. 2017. Did the giant extinct shark Carcharocles megalodon target small prey? Bite marks on marine mammal remains from the late Miocene of Peru. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 469: 84–91. (doi) Zitatseite [: 84-91 (Bissspuren an Säugern)]
• Boessenecker, R.W., Ehret, D.J., Long, D.J., Churchill, M., Martin, E., Boessenecker, S.J. 2019. The Early Pliocene extinction of the mega-toothed shark Otodus megalodon: a view from the eastern North Pacific. PeerJ, 7: e6088. (doi) Zitatseite 
• Perez, V.J., Godfrey, S.J., Kent, B.W., Weems, R.E. & Nance, J.R. 2019. The transition between Carcharocles chubutensis and Carcharocles megalodon (Otodontidae, Chondrichthyes): lateral cusplet loss through time. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 38 (6): e1546732. (doi) Zitatseite 
• Shimada, K. 2019. The size of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), revisited. Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. in press. (doi) Zitatseite 

Links

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