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Otodus auriculatus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

Taxonomy
Squalus auriculatus was named by Blainville (1818).

It was recombined as Carcharias auriculatus by Agassiz (1835) and Agassiz Duplicate (1839); it was recombined as Carcharodon auriculatus by Agassiz (1843), Woodward (1889), Hay (1902), Chapman and Pritchard (1904), Chapman (1918), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Leriche (1926), Rapp (1946), Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena (1996), Maisch et al. (2014), Cantalice et al. (2019); it was recombined as Procarcharodon auriculatus by Case (1981); it was recombined as Carcharocles auriculatus by Long (1992), Otero et al. (2013); it was recombined as Otodus (Carcharocles) auriculatus by Cappetta and Case (2016); it was recombined as Otodus auriculatus by Trif et al. (2016), Popov et al. (2025), Goedert et al. (2025).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Squalus auriculatus Blainville
1835Carcharias auriculatus Agassiz figs. Pl 28, figs 17-19
1839Carcharias auriculatus Agassiz Duplicate figs. Pl 28, figs 17-19
1843Carcharodon auriculatus Agassiz p. 254
1888Carcharodon robustus Davis p. 13 figs. Plate I, Fig. 7
1889Carcharodon auriculatus Woodward p. 411
1894Carcharodon robustus Hector p. 116
1902Carcharodon auriculatus Hay p. 307
1904Carcharodon auriculatus Chapman and Pritchard p. 283
1904Carcharodon robustus Chapman and Pritchard p. 2845
1918Carcharodon auriculatus Chapman p. 18
1924Carcharodon auriculatus Chapman and Cudmore p. 134
1926Carcharodon auriculatus Leriche p. 463
1946Carcharodon auriculatus Rapp p. 510
1981Procarcharodon auriculatus Case p. 56
1992Carcharocles auriculatus Long p. 28
1996Carcharodon auriculatus Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena p. 28
2013Carcharocles auriculatus Otero et al. p. 19 figs. 4.3-4.8
2014Carcharodon auriculatus Maisch et al. p. 188
2016Otodus (Carcharocles) auriculatus Cappetta and Case p. 55 figs. Pl 6, figs 8-13
2016Otodus auriculatus Trif et al. p. 509
2019Carcharodon auriculatus Cantalice et al. p. 431
2025Otodus auriculatus Goedert et al.
2025Otodus auriculatus Popov et al. p. 136 figs. 7A1-B2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyOtodontidaeGlickman 1964
genusOtodus
speciesauriculatus(Blainville 1818)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Otodus auriculatus Blainville 1818
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Invalid names: Carcharodon robustus Davis 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Messinian or 83.60000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2New Zealand (South Island) Carcharodon auriculatus (101382)
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Carcharodon robustus (204194)
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0USA (Alabama) Carcharocles auriculatus (228143)
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0New Zealand (North Island) Carcharodon auriculatus (204175)
Waipawan56.0 - 52.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Carcharodon auriculatus (52450)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Maryland) Carcharodon auriculatus (55255)
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Carcharodon auriculatus (50067)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Fukuoka) Carcharodon auriculatus (161438)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Alabama) Carcharocles auriculatus (276540) Carcharodon auriculatus (205834) Otodus auriculatus (13346)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine (Luhansk) Carcharocles auriculatus (120885)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Germany Carcharodon auriculatus, Procarcharodon auriculatus (121968)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Washington) Otodus auriculatus (276196)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine Carcharocles auriculatus (211009)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Bulgaria (Varna) Carcharocles auriculatus (103866)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Russian Federation Otodus auriculatus (234684 234686 234687)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Mexico (Chiapas) Carcharodon auriculatus (45920)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Procarcharodon auriculatus (41989)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Antarctica (Seymour Island) Carcharocles auriculatus (53666)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Santa Cruz) Carcharocles auriculatus (230269 230272 230274)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Ukraine (Crimea) Carcharocles auriculatus (140018)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Uzbekistan Procarcharodon auriculatus (45701)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Antarctica Carcharodon auriculatus (149623)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Otodus auriculatus (276197)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Carcharodon auriculatus (61249 164232)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Carcharodon auriculatus (42639)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Carcharocles auriculatus (277558)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Antarctica Carcharocles auriculatus (31173)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Procarcharodon auriculatus (71975 73434)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Carcharodon auriculatus (164233 164235)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Carcharodon auriculatus (45640)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Carcharocles auriculatus (96952)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Carcharodon auriculatus (55868)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Carcharodon auriculatus (164234)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon auriculatus (122348)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Florida) Carcharodon auriculatus (17341)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon robustus (46166)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (South Otago) Carcharodon auriculatus (45653)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (North Carolina) Procarcharodon auriculatus (71660)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon auriculatus (204310)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon robustus (179948)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Carcharodon auriculatus (145567)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Carcharodon auriculatus (46167)