genus Carcharodon

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Noun1.genus Carcharodon - man-eating sharksgenus Carcharodon - man-eating sharks      
Carcharodon
fish genus - any of various genus of fish
family Lamnidae, Lamnidae - oceanic sharks
Carcharodon carcharias, great white shark, man-eating shark, white shark, man-eater - large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
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A status report on the genus Carcharodon, the great white shark, and its fossil record.
Dientes Fosiles de Car char ocles megalodon: La Coleccion del Museo Universitario de Chieti (Italia). Parte I: Analisis Morfometrico
Likewise this species has been previously placed in the genus Carcharodon. The large teeth of this Miocene-Pliocene predator, which can reach lengths approaching 18cm [7], are highly prized by collectors and fossil dealers and are common in Atlantic Coastal Plain deposits.
Extinct white shark species were often placed within the extant genus Carcharodon with C.
LONGER COMMUNICATIONS: THE FIRST REPORT OF CARCHAROCLES AURICULATUS FROM THE OLIGOCENE OF GEORGIA IN THE CONTEXT OF PREVIOUS GULF COAST RECORDS
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