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Megalodon
Taxonomy
Megalodon was named by Sowerby (1827) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov Tr u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066
NOTE: There might be a fish genus by Agassiz with this name, too.]. Its type is Megalodon cucullatus.
It was assigned to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Megalodontidae by Kiessling (2003) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Hippuritoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Megalodontidae by Kiessling (2003) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1827 | Megalodon Sowerby p. 132 |
1836 | Megalodus Goldfuss |
1912 | Megalodus Frech |
2002 | Megalodon Sepkoski |
2003 | Megalodon Kiessling |
2010 | Megalodon Bouchet et al. |
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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. †Megalodon Sowerby 1827
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†Megalodon abbreviatus von Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Megalodon cucullatus Sowerby 1827 [synonym]
†Megalodon cassianus Hoernes 1895
†Megalodon hungaricum Kutassy 1933
†Megalodon klipsteinii Bittner 1895
†Megalodon longjiangensis Liang 1980
†Megalodon rostratiforme Krumbeck 1913
†Megalodon yanceyi Nakazawa 2002
Invalid names: Megalodus Goldfuss 1836 [nomen vanum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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height | 1 | 46.0 | |||||
shell height | 1 | 18.1 | |||||
valve height | 1 | 8.10 |
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References: Kiessling 2003, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Early/Lower Toarcian or 410.80000 to 182.00000 Ma
Collections (49 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Helderbergian - Emsian | Austria | M. sp. (26203) | |
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian | Italy | M. sp. (26248) | |
Eifelian | Germany | M. sp. (25364) | |
Eifelian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | M. abbreviatus (78415) | |
Givetian - Frasnian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | M. sp. (77792) | |
Frasnian | Canada (Alberta) | M. sp. (628 629) | |
Late/Upper Givetian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | M. sp. (82561) | |
Late/Upper Givetian - Frasnian | Germany | M. sp., M. abbreviatus (60177) | |
Late/Upper Frasnian | China (Guangxi) | M. sp. (191830) | |
Kungurian | Malaysia (Perak) | M. yanceyi (51562) | |
Capitanian | China (Nei Mongol) | M. longjiangensis (111766) | |
Wuchiapingian | India | Megalodus sp. (230616) | |
Bithynian - Pelsonian | Bulgaria | M. sp. (44917) | |
Ladinian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | M. poolei, M. rotundatus (212183) | |
Ladinian | Indonesia (Timor) | Megalodus klipsteini (205180) | |
Carnian | Italy (South Tyrol) | Megalodus sp. (205157) | |
Carnian | Hungary | Megalodus loczyi, Megalodus laczkoi (70858) | |
Julian | Italy | M. cassianus, M. klipsteinii (144634) M. sp. (34691 34692 69661 69669 69685) M. sp. A, M. sp. B, M. sp. C (69649) | |
Tuvalian | Austria (Tyrol) | Megalodus compressus (203207) | |
Norian | Italy (Belluno) | Megalodus ampezzanus, Megalodus mojsvari (203328) Megalodus hoernesi (203327) Megalodus laczkoi, Megalodus guembeli (203300) Megalodus laczkoi, Megalodus hoernesi (203329) | |
Norian | Austria | Megalodus mojsvari (203332) | |
Norian | Italy (South Tyrol) | Megalodus ampezzanus (203331) Megalodus complanatus, Megalodus hoernesi (203305) | |
Norian | Hungary | Megalodus loczyi (73263) | |
Norian | Italy (Brescia) | Megalodus guembeli, Megalodus complanatus (203325) | |
Norian | Italy (Trento) | M. triqueter (231838) | |
Norian | United Arab Emirates | M. hungaricum (135974) M. rostratiforme (41201) | |
Norian | Colombia (Tolima) | M. sp. (101065) | |
Norian - Rhaetian | USA (Nevada) | M. sp. (210697) | |
Lacian | Indonesia (Maluku) | M. sp., M. rostratiforme (204487) Megalodus sp. (204318) | |
Sevatian | Serbia and Montenegro | M. sp. (56636 56800) | |
Rhaetian | Poland | M. sp. (85424) | |
Rhaetian | Italy (Trento) | M. triqueter (232113) | |
Early/Lower Jurassic | Italy (Trento) | M. pumilus (232108) | |
Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian | Italy | M. sp. (42473) | |
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian | Morocco | M. sp. (21261) |