Named By: | Louis Agassiz in 1843 |
Time Period: | Oligocene - Pliocene |
Location: | Worldwide |
Size: | Estimated at up to 12.2 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Mostly teeth but some vertebral centra are also known |
Classification: | | Chordata | Chondrichthyes | Elasmobranchii | Lamniformes | |
Also known as: | | Carcharodon mexicanus | Carcharodon productus | Megaselachus chubutensis | |
Carcharocles chubutensis, meaning "glorious shark of Chubut", from Ancient Greek: klewos (klewos) "glory/fame" + karkharias (karkharias) "shark", is a prehistoric megatoothed shark that lived during Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene epochs, approximately 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. megalodon, the classification of this species is disputed.