Otodus

Translingual thumb|†Otodus megalodon species size comparison Etymology From mul grc οὖς οὖς, ὠτ- ear + mul grc ὀδούς tooth Proper noun †m 1 genus family †Otodontidae family certain large, extinct mackerel sharks, which lived from the Paleocene to the Pliocene epoch. Hypernyms genus ; Elasmobranchii subclass subclass; Euselachii infraclass infraclass; Neoselachii division division/cohort; Selachimorpha subdivision subdivision/subcohort; Galeomorphii superorder superorder; Lamniformes order order; †Otodontidae family family; Hyponyms genus †Otodus obliquus species type species, †Otodus aksuaticus species, †Otodus auriculatus species, †Otodus sokolovi species, †Otodus angustidens species, †Otodus chubutensis species, †Otodus megalodon species References 1 1 1 mul Sharks