Carcharocles auriculatus
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Carcharocles auriculatus is a species of the genus Carcharocles, closely related to the megalodon
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and Carcharocles angustidens; the tooth length of C. megalodon is 38–178 mm and C. angustidens 25–117 mm.
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shark teeth are known from Khouribga Plateau, in Morocco
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Megalodon
The megalodon and ὀδούς ) is an extinct species of shark that lived roughly from 28 to 1.5 million years ago, during the Cenozoic Era .The taxonomic assignment of C...
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Size
The tooth length of C.auriculatus is relatively large - from 25 to 114 mm. Howewer, it is smaller than that of megalodonMegalodon
The megalodon and ὀδούς ) is an extinct species of shark that lived roughly from 28 to 1.5 million years ago, during the Cenozoic Era .The taxonomic assignment of C...
and Carcharocles angustidens; the tooth length of C. megalodon is 38–178 mm and C. angustidens 25–117 mm.
Distribution
Most C. auriculatus teeth come from South CarolinaSouth Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
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Eocene
The Eocene Epoch, lasting from about 56 to 34 million years ago , is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era. The Eocene spans the time from the end of the Palaeocene Epoch to the beginning of the Oligocene Epoch. The start of the...
shark teeth are known from Khouribga Plateau, in Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
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Evolution
Carcharocles auriculatus is the most primitive known member of the genus Carcharocles.Evolution of Carcharocles
Table by J.Cocke.- Cretolamna appendiculata
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- Otodus obliquusOtodus obliquusOtodus obliquus is an extinct mackerel shark which lived during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, approximately about 60 to 37.5 million years ago.-Known physiology:This shark is known from the fossil teeth and fossilized vertebral centra...
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- Otodus aksuaticus
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- Carcharocles auriculatus
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- Carcharocles angustidens Carcharocles sokolovi
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- Carcharocles chubutensisCarcharocles chubutensisCarcharocles chubutensis is a prehistoric megatoothed shark that lived during Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene epochs, approximately about 28 - 5 million years ago. This shark is considered to be a close relative of another prehistoric megatoothed shark, C. megalodon. However, as is the case with C...
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- Carcharocles megalodon