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megalodon
Otodus megalodon ( ; meaning "big tooth"), commonly known as megalodon, is an extinct species of giant mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago (Mya), from the Early Miocene to the Early Pliocene epochs. This prehistoric fish was once thought to be a member of the family Lamnidae and a close relative of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), but has been reclassified into the extinct family Otodontidae, which diverged from the great white shark during the Early Cretaceous.

Otodus
thumb|Life restoration of O. obliquus
thumb|350x350px|Block with five Otodus obliquus teeth from the Ypresian of Khouribga, Morocco. Max Rouger Collection.
Otodus is an extinct, cosmopolitan genus of mackerel shark which lived from the Paleocene to the Pliocene epochs.
Carcharocles chubutensis
species of fossil sharks
Otodus angustidens
extinct shark species
Carcharocles auriculatus
species of fossil shark
Otodus obliquus
species of fish (fossil)