Carcharias macrotus
(Agassiz, 1838)
Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Carchariidae
	Reference of the original description
	
	
Recherches sur les poissons fossiles, 11th livraison (November 1838). Petitpierre et Prince (text) and H. Nicolet (plates), Neuchâtel, vol. 3: [73]-140, pl. 1a, 8a, 8b, 15, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25b, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40.
Recherches sur les poissons fossiles, 11th livraison (November 1838). Petitpierre et Prince (text) and H. Nicolet (plates), Neuchâtel, vol. 3: [73]-140, pl. 1a, 8a, 8b, 15, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25b, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 40.
	Types
Carcharias macrotus
	
	
	
Carcharias macrotus
Description:
Citation: Carcharias macrotus (Agassiz, 1838): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2025
		Remarks
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Feeding ecology has shaped the evolution of modern sharks. Current Biology, 31(23), 5138–5148
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.028
	
	
		
		
			
Chapter 15: Chondrichthyans in the Cretaceous and Tertiary of Australia. Vertebrate Palaeontology of Australasia: 497–568, 40 pl.
	
	
		
		
			
Chondrichthyan Fishes from the Paleocene of South Carolina. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 88(4), 122–146
	
	
		
		
			
Fossil Elasmobranch teeth of South Australia and their stratigraphic distribution. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 91, 135–160
	
	
Feeding ecology has shaped the evolution of modern sharks. Current Biology, 31(23), 5138–5148
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.028


Chapter 15: Chondrichthyans in the Cretaceous and Tertiary of Australia. Vertebrate Palaeontology of Australasia: 497–568, 40 pl.

Chondrichthyan Fishes from the Paleocene of South Carolina. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 88(4), 122–146

Fossil Elasmobranch teeth of South Australia and their stratigraphic distribution. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 91, 135–160
				
				
    					
    					
    					
    					
                        
    					








