Fossil teeth from the Dos Bocas Formation, Ecuador
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
Subdivision:
Selachimorpha
Order:
Lamniformes
Family:
†Otodontidae
Genus:
†Megalolamna
Species:
†M. paradoxodon
Binomial name
†Megalolamna paradoxodon
Shimada et al., 2016
Megalolamna is an extinct genus of lamniform shark that belongs to the family Otodontidae. Its name comes from the similarity of its teeth to those of the extant shark genus Lamna. It is known from the early Miocene Chilcatay Formation of Peru, Oi and O'oshimojo Formations of Japan, and the Jewett Sand Formation of California and Pungo River Formation, North Carolina in the United States, implying a cosmopolitan distribution. The largest specimen is estimated to have measured about 5.1 metres (17 ft) long.[1]
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