Carcharodon humilis Koch 1904 (white shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Full reference: A. Koch. 1904. Fossile haifischzahne und saugetierreste von felsoestergaly, im Komitate Nograd. Foldtani Kozlony 34(5-7):260-273

Belongs to Carcharodon according to A. Koch 1904

Sister taxa: Carcharodon (Procarcharodon), Carcharodon acutidens, Carcharodon arnoldi, Carcharodon auriculatus, Carcharodon branneri, Carcharodon carcharias, Carcharodon contortidens, Carcharodon debrayi, Carcharodon disauris, Carcharodon escheri, Carcharodon hastalis, Carcharodon heterodon, Carcharodon hubbelli, Carcharodon lanceolatus, Carcharodon lanciformis, Carcharodon leptodon, Carcharodon leviathan, Carcharodon megalotis, Carcharodon morricei, Carcharodon mortoni, Carcharodon nodai, Carcharodon orientalis, Carcharodon purplei, Carcharodon semiserratus, Carcharodon subauriculatus, Carcharodon subserratus, Carcharodon tembloris, Carcharodon toliapicus, Carcharodon turgidus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Felsöesztergály, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in Slovakia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Felsöesztergály

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