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Carcharocles megalodon, Agassiz with crenulation

Kuzubukuro

Kuzubukuro, Higashi-matsuyama city, Saitama pref., Japan

Miocene, Neogene, Cenozoic (15 Ma)

Classification

Kindgom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Class Chondrichthyes, Subclass Elasmobranchii, Order Lamniformes, Family Otodontidae

Synonym

Carcharodon megalodon, Agassiz, Procarcharodon megalodon, Casier

Carcharodon with crenulation

Width: 40 mm. Tooth fossil of huge shark. Crenulation is preserved well. Recovered from the lower fresh part of Godo Formation formed under the marine environment such as continental shelf.

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