Carcharodon polygyrus

Morton, 1835


Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Lamnidae

Reference of the original description
Morton, S.G. (1835)
Notice of the fossil teeth of fishes of the United States, the discovery of the Galt in Alabama, and a proposed division of the American Cretaceous group. American Journal of Science, 28(2), 276–278

Types
Carcharodon polygyrus



Description:


Citation: Carcharodon polygyrus Morton, 1835: 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=8725;
synonym of Carcharodon megalodon after Woodward (1889) p. 415 [2593]; Joleaud (1907) p. 147 [1227];

Links: Original description of Agassiz Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles (1833-1843)

References
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Le Hon, H. (1871)
Préliminaires d'un mémoire sur les poissons tertiaires de Belgique. Préliminaire d'un mémoire sur les poissons fossiles tertiaires de Belgique: 15 p., fig.
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Pictet, F.-J. (1845)
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Agassiz, L. (1843)
Recherches sur les poissons fossiles, 15th and 16th livraisons (March 1843). Jent and Gassmann, Soleure (text) and H. Nicolet, Neuchâtel (planches). – vol. 3: [i]-[iv], 157-390, 382*-382**, 1–32, [33]-[34], pl. 1, 18, 22, 22a, 22b, 26a, 38, 40b, 40c, 40d, 45, 47