Carcharocles
Carcharocles is an extinct genus of sharks, belonging to the order Lamniformes. They lived from the Late Eocene to the Late Pliocene. The genus usually includes the species informally known as Megalodon ; however, some taxonomic authorities place that species in various other genera. Some authors consider the genus Carcharocles a subgenus of Otodus.Species
- Carcharocles aksuaticus Early Eocene, 56-47.8
- Carcharocles sokolovi Late Eocene to Early Oligocene, 35 to 30 Ma Jaekel, 1895
- Carcharocles auriculatus, Late Eocene to Late Oligocene, 35 to 25 Ma
- Carcharocles angustidens, Early Oligocene to Early Miocene, 33 to 22 Ma
- Carcharocles chubutensis, Oligocene to Pliocene, 28 to 5 Ma
- Megalodon, Early Miocene to Late Pliocene, 23 to 3.6 Ma
