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Carcharodon leviathan
Taxonomy
Carcharodon leviathan was named by Jordan and Hanibal (1923).
It was synonymized subjectively with Otodus megalodon by Boessenecker et al. (2019).
It was synonymized subjectively with Otodus megalodon by Boessenecker et al. (2019).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1923 | Carcharodon leviathan Jordan and Hanibal p. 55 figs. Plate VII. ; plate VII. |
| 1925 | Carcharodon leviathan Jordan p. 49 |
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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.
†Carcharodon leviathan Jordan and Hanibal 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available