Parotodus
| Parotodus Temporal range: Eocene - Quaternary |
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| Fossil teeth of Parotodus benedenii | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | †Otodontidae |
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†Parotodus Cappetta, 1980 |
Parotodus is an extinct genus of mackerel shark belonging to the family Otodontidae.
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 within this genus include:
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