Superorder Selachimorpha Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Subclass Elasmobranchii | |
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Similar Isurus hastalis, Otodus, Lamnidae, Otodontidae, Isurus | ||
Carcharodon hubbelli is an extinct species of shark known from fossils found in the Pisco Formation in south-west Peru. The shark is a transitional species, showing intermediate features between present-day great white sharks and smaller, prehistoric mako sharks.
This shark was named in honour of Gordon Hubbell (the scientist who recovered the specimen from a farmer who found it in 1988) in recognition of his contribution to shark palaeontology.
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