Kingdom Animalia Superorder Selachimorpha Phylum Chordata Order Lamniformes | Class Chondrichthyes Family †Otodontidae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Isurus hastalis, Cosmopolitodus, Otodus, Carcharocles auriculatus, Carcharocles angustidens |
Finding a parotodus benedeni shark tooth and other shark teeth while fossil hunting
Parotodus is an extinct genus of mackerel shark belonging to the family Otodontidae.
Contents
- Finding a parotodus benedeni shark tooth and other shark teeth while fossil hunting
- Fossil records
- Species
- References
Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Eocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 15.97 to 0.781 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of Italy, Madagascar, Spain, Egypt, Japan, Malta and United States.
Species
Species within this genus include:









References
Parotodus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA