Otodus poseidoni

Otodus poseidoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Otodontidae
Genus: Otodus
Species:
O. poseidoni
Binomial name
Otodus poseidoni

Otodus poseidoni is an extinct species of shark of the genus Otodus and the family Otodontidae. It lived during the Eocene period.[1]

  1. ^ Condamine FL, Romieu J, Guinot G (8 October 2019). "Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (41): 20584–20590. Bibcode:2019PNAS..11620584C. doi:10.1073/pnas.1902693116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6789557. PMID 31548392.