| Palaeocarcharodon | |
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| Fossil teeth ofPalaeocarcharodon orientalis (the largest three) fromKhouribga (Morocco), alongside teeth ofOtodus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | †Otodontidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeocarcharodon Casieer, 1960 |
| Species: | †P. orientalis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Palaeocarcharodon orientalis (Sinzow, 1899) | |
Palaeocarcharodon, also known as thepygmy white shark, is a genus ofshark within the familyOtodontidae[1] that lived about 61.7 to 55.8 Ma during thePaleocene. It currently contains a sole speciesP. orientalis.[2]
Teeth ofPalaeocarcharodon are triangular, labio-lingually compressed, with quite irregular serrations and serrate lateral cusplets. They can reach a size of about 3–6 centimetres (1.2–2.4 in).[3]
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