Named By: | Jordan in 1923 |
Time Period: | Oligocene - Miocene |
Location: | USA, South Carolina |
Size: | Uuncertain |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Usually just teeth |
Classification: | | Chordata | Chondrichthyes | Elasmobranchii | Lamniformes | |
Also known as: | | Otodus subserratus | Carcharocles auriculata | |
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.