Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon
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Taxonavigation: Lamniformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: †Otodontidae
Genus: †Otodus
Subgenus: †Otodus (Megaselachus)
Species: †Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon
Name
[edit]Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon (Agassiz, 1837)
- Holotype: TE-PLI 18
- Etymology: from Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “big”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”)
Synonymy
[edit]- 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 macrodon
- Carcharias mexicanus
- Carcharias polygurus
- Carcharias productus
- Carcharodon arcuatus
- Carcharodon branneri
- Carcharodon brevis
- Carcharodon costae
- Carcharodon crassidens
- Carcharodon crassirhadix
- Carcharodon crassus
- Carcharodon gibbesii
- Carcharodon gigas
- Carcharodon helveticus
- Carcharodon humilis
- Carcharodon intermedius
- Carcharodon latissimus
- Carcharodon leviathan
- Carcharodon megalodon indica
- Carcharodon megalodon polygyra
- Carcharodon megalodon siculus
- Carcharodon megalodon yamanarii
- Carcharodon quenstedti
- Carcharodon rectidens
- Carcharodon semiserratus
- Carcharodon subauriculatus
- Carcharodon trembloris
- Carcharodon tumidissimus
- Carcharodon turicensis
- Megaselachus auriculatus falciformis
- Megaselachus auriculatus patagonicus
- Megaselachus heterodon
- Selache manzonii
Vernacular names
[edit]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
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.
Links
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