Carcharodon akitaensis

Uyeno & Hasegawa, 1974


Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Lamnidae

Reference of the original description
Uyeno, T. & Hasegawa, Y. (1974)
A new Miocene lamnoid shark, Carcharodon akitaensis, from Central Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Ser. C, 17(3), 257–260

Types
Carcharodon akitaensis



Description:


Citation: Carcharodon akitaensis Uyeno & Hasegawa, 1974: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 12/2024

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Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=11118;
synonym of Otodus (Megaselachus) megalodon after Purdy et al. (2001) p. 121, 135 [1964]; Cappetta (2006) p. 12 [351]; Balbino & Antunes (2007), p. 206 [3470]

References
Yabumoto, Y. & Uyeno, T. (1994)
Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic fish faunas of Japan. Island Arc, 3(4), 255–269
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1994.tb00115.x
Uyeno, T. & Hasegawa, Y. (1974)
A new Miocene lamnoid shark, Carcharodon akitaensis, from Central Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Ser. C, 17(3), 257–260