| Megachasma applegatei Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Megachasmidae |
| Genus: | Megachasma |
| Species: | †M. applegatei
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| Binomial name | |
| †Megachasma applegatei Shimada, Welton and Long, 2014
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Megachasma applegatei is an extinct species of megamouth shark from the Oligocene to early Miocene (28-23 Mya) of the Western United States.[1][2] The type fossil was discovered in the San Joaquin Valley in 1973, but only described in 2014, when the species was named after its discoverer, Shelton Applegate.[3]
- ^ "†family Megachasmidae (mackerel shark)". PBDB.
- ^ "Megachasma applegatei SHIMADA, WELTON & LONG, 2014". Shark reference.com.
- ^ "A Forgotten Fossil Megamouth Gets a Name". National Geographic. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019.