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Megaselachus
Taxonomy
Megaselachus was named by Glyckman (1964).
It was synonymized subjectively with Carcharodon by Gottfried et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Otodontidae by Herman (1977) and Cahuzac et al. (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Carcharodon by Gottfried et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Otodontidae by Herman (1977) and Cahuzac et al. (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1964 | Megaselachus Glyckman |
| 1977 | Megaselachus Herman p. 166 |
| 2007 | Megaselachus Cahuzac et al. p. 18 |
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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.
G. †Megaselachus Glyckman 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Costa Rica | M. subauriculatus (187875) |