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CARCHAROCLES/CARCHARODON AURICULATUS
(kar-ka-roe-clees/kar-ka-roe-don or-ree-cu-la-tus)
Carcharocles/Carcharodon auriculatus
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 |
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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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