Otodus megalodon

Translingual

Etymology

From Otodus + Ancient Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “great, large”) + ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”). Coined by Swiss-American naturalist Louis Agassiz in 1843.

Proper noun

†Otodus megalodon m

  1. A taxonomic species within the family †Otodontidae – an extinct species of giant mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago (Mya), from the Early Miocene to the Early Pliocene epochs.

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