Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Alternative combination: Carcharias leptodon
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (5me livraison)
Belongs to Carcharodon according to O. P. Hay 1902
See also Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1839 and Agassiz 1843
Sister taxa: Carcharodon (Procarcharodon), Carcharodon acutidens, Carcharodon arnoldi, Carcharodon branneri, Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon contortidens, Carcharodon debrayi, Carcharodon disauris, Carcharodon escheri, Carcharodon heterodon, Carcharodon hubbelli, Carcharodon humilis, Carcharodon lanceolatus, Carcharodon lanciformis, Carcharodon landanensis, Carcharodon leviathan, Carcharodon megalotis, Carcharodon morricei, Carcharodon mortoni, Carcharodon nodai, Carcharodon orientalis, Carcharodon plicatilis, Carcharodon purplei, Carcharodon semiserratus, Carcharodon stromeri, Carcharodon subauriculatus, Carcharodon subserratus, Carcharodon tembloris, Carcharodon toliapicus, Carcharodon turgidus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Carcharodon leptodon in the database
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