Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha
Superordo: Galeomorphii
Ordo: Lamniformes
Familia: Lamnidae
Genus: †Carcharomodus
Species: †C. escheri
Name
†Carcharomodus Kriwet, Mewis & Hampe, 2015
Type species: †Carcharodon escheri Agassiz, 1843
Etymology: From Greek όμοιος (omoios), similar, and δόντι (donti), tooth; in combination with the name Carcharodon, in reference to the dental similarities with the living Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
References
Kriwet, J., Mewis, H. & Hampe, O., 2015: A partial skeleton of a new lamniform mackerel shark from the Miocene of Europe. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 (4): 857–875. DOI: 10.4202/app.00066.2014 Reference page.
Carcharomodus is an extinct genus of lamnid shark. Its only species is currently C. escheri.[1]
References
"A partial skeleton of a new lamniform mackerel shark from the Miocene of Europe" (PDF).
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