Carcharias macrotus

(Agassiz, 1838)


Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Carchariidae

Reference of the original description
Agassiz, L. (1838)
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



Description:


Citation: Carcharias macrotus (Agassiz, 1838): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2024

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References
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Purdy, R.W. (1988)
Chondrichthyan Fishes from the Paleocene of South Carolina. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 88(4), 122–146
Pledge, N.S. (1967)
Fossil Elasmobranch teeth of South Australia and their stratigraphic distribution. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 91, 135–160