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Carcharodon (meaning "jagged/sharp tooth") is a
genus of
sharks within the
family Lamnidae,
colloquially called the "white sharks." The only
extant member...
- The
great white shark (
Carcharodon carcharias), also
known as the
white shark,
white pointer, or
simply great white, is a
species of
large mackerel shark...
- of the
family Lamnidae and a
close relative of the
great white shark (
Carcharodon carcharias), but has been
reclassified into the
extinct family Otodontidae...
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Carcharodon hubbelli, also
known as Hubbell's
white shark, is an
extinct species of
white shark that
evolved between 8 and 5
million years ago during...
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researchers still consider both
species of
Cosmopolitodus as
species of
Carcharodon. Its
teeth can
reach lengths up to 3.5 in (7.5 cm) and are
found worldwide...
- 1939
Genus Carcharodon Smith, 1838
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) (great
white shark) †
Carcharodon caif****ii Lawley, 1876 †
Carcharodon hubbelli...
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naturalist Louis Ag****iz
first identified this
shark as a
species of
Carcharodon in 1843. In 1906,
Ameghino renamed this
shark as C. chubutensis. In 1964...
- now
considered to be an
evolutionary dead-end with the
discovery of
Carcharodon hubbelli.
Fossil examples have been
found along northern Atlantic coastlines...
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extant great white shark (
Carcharodon carcharias).
Molecular clock analyses place the last
common ancestor of
Isurus and
Carcharodon between 43-60 million...
- or
white sharks)
Genus Carcharodon A. Smith, 1838
Carcharodon carcharias (Linnaeus, 1758) (great
white shark) [5] †
Carcharodon hubbelli Ehret, Macfadden...