Parotodus
| Parotodus 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: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Parotodus Cappetta, 1980 |
Parotodus, the false-toothed mako, is an extinct genus of mackerel shark belonging to the family Otodontidae.[1]
Fossil records
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Eocene[2] to the Quaternary (age range: from 15.97 to 0.781 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of Italy, Madagascar, Spain, Egypt,[2] Japan, Malta and United States.[3]
Species
Species within this genus include:[3]
- †Parotodus benedeni Le Hon, 1871
- †Parotodus mangyshlakensis Kozlov, 1999
- †Parotodus pavlovi Menner, 1928
References
- ^ Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016-04-25). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781119220824.
- ^ a b "Parotodus mangyshlakensis | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
- ^ a b Paleobiology Database