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Otodus megalodon

A dated occurrence sample was analysed under the paper's Carcharocles megalodon usage to estimate a probabilistic extinction window. The atlas uses Otodus megalodon; the sampled estimate is not an exact global last appearance and does not resolve the nomenclatural choice. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.

Represented range3.5–2.6 Ma
Content packagechondrichthyes
PBDBtxn:80603

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fossil-range · medium

A dated occurrence sample was analysed under the paper's Carcharocles megalodon usage to estimate a probabilistic extinction window. The atlas uses Otodus megalodon; the sampled estimate is not an exact global last appearance and does not resolve the nomenclatural choice.

claim:taxon:carcharocles
fossil-range · medium

Pimiento and Clements (2014), using Carcharocles megalodon, reported an oldest inferred extinction date of 3.5 Ma and a modal estimate of 2.6 Ma. This study-specific interval is neither the complete species range nor an exact LAD; the atlas uses Otodus megalodon.

claim:taxon:carcharocles:range-boundary

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References

  1. When Did Carcharocles megalodon Become Extinct? A New Analysis of the Fossil RecordPimiento, C.; Clements, C.F. · 2014 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0111086
  2. Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
  3. The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
  4. Denormalized occurrence and taxon tables of the Paleobiology DatabaseThe Paleobiology Database Community; Kocsis, Á.T. · 2026 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21620933
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