Fossilized shark tooth of an Otodus or Carcharocles showing significant wear and some modern barnacles attached.

A fossilized shark tooth of an Otodus megalodon from New Caledonia. Teeth from this locale are dredged from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and are often extremely worn. This tooth still retains some remnants of its serrations. #FossilFriday

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Los investigadores han dirigido sus estudios hacia dos aspectos del tamaño: la longitud total (LT) y la masa corporal (MC).

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Being part of a chronospecies, the typical way to identify the otodontid sharks on the Otodus megalodon lineage is based on stratigraphy or age. Otodus chubutensis only briefly appears in the fossil record, primarily in Lower Miocene aged deposits.

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The age old debate amongst fossil collectors on #Otodus / #Carcharocles taxonomy by Elasmocast (On Point Fossils). The issue with "species" as a concept is that fossils, chronospecies, speciation were not things considered during its initial conception.

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Fossilized shark tooth of an Otodus or Carcharocles showing significant damage and missing most of the root.

A fossilized shark tooth of an Otodus megalodon from the Luanda Formation in Cacuaco, Luanda, Angola. The teeth from these famous otodontid sharks can be found in Miocene to Pliocene aged deposits throughout the world. #FossilFriday

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Fossilized shark tooth of an Otodus or Carcharocles.

A fossilized shark tooth of an Otodus sokolovi from the Samlat Formation in Dakhla, Morocco. This species is sometimes synonomized with Otodus auriculatus, and represents a transitional form between it and Otodus angustidens.

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