Parotodus
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<templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>†Otodontidae
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<templatestyles src="Noitalic/styles.css"/>†Parotodus
Cappetta, 1980
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Parotodus 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 benedenii Le Hon, 1871
- †Parotodus mangyshlakensis Kozlov, 1999
- †Parotodus pavlovi Menner, 1928
