Palaeocarcharodon
| Palaeocarcharodon Temporal range: Paleocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Cretoxyrhinidae |
| Genus: | Palaeocarcharodon Casieer, 1960 |
| Binomial name | |
| Palaeocarcharodon orientalis (Sinzow, 1899) | |
Palaeocarcharodon orientalis is a Paleocene shark in the family Cretoxyrhinidae.[1] It is possibly the ancestor of the Great White Shark and Megalodon but since the fossil record of Palaeocarcharodon only relies on teeth in many sizes, much is unknown about the size and appearance.
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References
- ↑ Kordikova, E. G., Polly, P. D., Alifanov, V. A., Roček, Z., Gunnell, G. F., & Averianov, A. O. (2001). "Small vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary of the northeastern Aral Sea Region, Kazakhstan.". Journal of Paleontology 75 (2): 390–400. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<0390:svftlc>2.0.co;2.