LAMNID^. 417 
1877. Carcharodun nwialolon, .V. Locai-d, Faune Terr. Tert. Moy. Corse, 
p. 8. 
1879. Carcharodun megalodon, F. Basjani, Atti Soc. Veneto.-Trent. 
Sci. Nat. vol. vi. p. G2. 
1879. CarcharodoH megalodon, J. Probst. Wiirtt. Jahresh. vol. xxxv. 
p. 1.38. 
1879. Carcharodon megalodon, K. Martin, Zeitscbr. deutsch. geol. Ges. 
toL xx.vi. p. 478. 
1831. Carcharodon megalodon, R. Lawley, Studi Comp. Pesci foss. coi 
viv. generi Carcharodon, O.ryrhina, e Galcocerdo, p. 36, pis. vi.-xi. 
{Carcharodon), pi. iv. (Carcharodon), fig. 1. 
1832. Carcharodon megalodon, II. E. Sauvage, M^m. Soc. Sci. Nat. 
Saone-et-Loire, vol. iv. p. 41, pi. i. fig. 11. 
1882. Carcharodon polygyrm, II. E. Sauvage, tom. cit. p. 43, pi. i. 
fig. 10. 
1883. Carcharodon megalodon, K. Martin, Saraml. geol. Reichs-Mus. 
Leiden, [1] vol. iii. p. 23, pi. i. fig. 12. 
1888. Carcharodon megalodon, J. W. Davis, Trans. Roy. Dublin Soc. 
[2] vol. iv. p. 12, pL ii. figs. 1-3. 
1888. Carcharodon rohtstus, J. W. Davis, tom. cit. p. 13, pi. i. fig. 7. 
Type. Detached teeth ; Museums of Carlsruhe, Strassburg, and 
Paris. 
A species attaining to a very large size, the teeth being sometimes 
as much as O-lo in total height. Teeth comparatively broad and 
robust, the outer coronal face flat or slightly convex, the apex some- 
times gently curved outwards ; distinct lateral denticles absent. 
Form. Loc. Eocene and Phosphate Beds : Alabama and South 
Carolina, D.S.A. Miocene : France, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Sicily, 
Corsica, Germany, Austria, and Maryland. Pliocene: Italy, Bel- 
gium, and S.E. England. Various Tertiary Deposits: Arabian 
Desert, East Indies, West Indies, Central and South America, 
^ ictoria South Australia, and New Zealand. 
28103. Fragmentary tooth ; Phosphate Beds, Cooper River, South 
Carolina, U.S.A. Purchased, 1852. 
46994-5. Three very large teeth, one measuring 0'127 in maximum 
breadth and 0-15 in height; IVimbee and Parrott Creeks, 
St. Helena Sound, S. Carolina. Purchased, 1876. 
P. 5816. Two teeth, slightly smaller ; S. Carolina. Purchased. 
P. 4094. Large tooth ; Ashley River Phosphate Beds, Charleston 
S. Carolina. By exchange, 1883. 
‘ F. M‘Coy, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [3] vol. xx. (1867), p. 192. 
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