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CARCHAROCLES/CARCHARODON ANGUSTIDENS
(kar-ka-roe-clees/kar-ka-roe-don an-gus-tee-denz)
Carcharocles/Carcharodon angustidens
Named By: Louis Agassiz in 1843
Time Period: Oligocene - Miocene
Location: Worldwide
Size: Estimated at up to 9.3 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Usually just the teeth, but occasionally vertebra as well
Classification: | Chordata | Chondrichthyes | Elasmobranchii | Lamniformes |
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Carcharocles angustidens is a prehistoric megatoothed shark, which lived during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs about 33 to 22 million years ago. This shark is related to another extinct megatoothed shark, Carcharocles megalodon.

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