^>5 a/*•**. Sc^/U^a^. '93% 
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Z. . <Z2*+ . * /<« r /* ^>. 
_ LAMNID^. 417.. 
t1<fU C* / .Sh/P<X^o* £c/-/&/* y<rA-*^*~~ CfstS? S-+cS 'r’/* *b ^> t/ ? / 
1877. Carcharodon megalodon, A. Locard, Faune Terr. Tert. Moy. Corse, 
p. 8. 
1879. Carcharodon megalodon, F. Bassani, Atti Soc. Veneto.-Trent. 
Sci. Nat. vol. yi. p. 62. 
1879. Carcharodon megalodon, J. Probst. Wiirtt. Jahresh. vol. xxxv. 
p. 138. 
1879. Carcharodon megalodon , K. Martin, Zeitschr. deutsch. geol. Ges. 
vol. xxxi. p. 478. 
1881. Carcharodon megalodon , R. Lawley, Studi Comp. Pesci foss. coi 
yiv. generi Carcharodon, Oxyrhina, e Galeocerdo, p. 35, pis. yi.-xi. 
{Carcharodon), pi. iy. ( Carcharodon ), tig-. 1. 
1882. Carcharodon megalodon, II. E. Sauyage, M6m, Soc. Sci. Nat. 
Saone-et-Loire, yol. iy. p. 41, pi. i. fig. 11. 
1882. Carcharodon polygyrus, H. E. Sauyage, tom. cit. p. 43, pi i 
fig. 10. 
1883. Carcharodon megalodon, K. Martin, Samml. geol. Reichs-Mus. 
Leiden, [1] yol. iii. p. 23, pi. i. fig. 12. 
1888. Carcharodon megalodon, J. W. Davis, Trans. Roy. Dublin Soc. 
[2] vol. iv. p. 12, pi. ii. figs. 1-3. 
1888. Carcharodon rohustus , J. W. Davis, tom. cit. p. 13, pi. i. fig. 7. 
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Type. Detached teeth; Museums of Carlsruhe, Strassburg, and 
Paris. v .* j 
A species attaining to a very large size, the teeth being someiirnST — 
as much as 0-15 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. / x ./ 
Form, Log. Eocene and Phosphate J>eds : Alabama and South'~ ; 
^^V'ca.Carolina, U.S.A. Miocene : France^Spain, Portugal, Malta, Sicily, f ~ . 
, -^g.0 Corsica, Germany, Austria, and Maryland. Pliocene: Italy, Bel- 
(s A gium, and S.E. England. Various Tertiary Deposits: Arabian /^^ 
Desert, East Indies, West Indies, Central and South America,c/V 
—• / — 
Victoria 1 , South Australia, and New Zealand, v/,//goy) 
28103. Fragmentary tooth; Phosphate Beds, Cooper Rive"r,1s*outh 
Carolina, U.S.A. Purchased , 1852. 
p. S' 
tlJZ 
46994-5. Three very large teeth, one measuring 0*127 in maximum 
breadth and 0*15 in height; Wimbee and Parrott Creeks, ?LJ 
St. Helena Sound, S. Carolina. Purchased, 1876. 
P. 5816. Two teeth, slightly smaller; S. Carolina. Purchased. b 
P. 4094. Large tooth ; Ashley River Phosphate Beds, Charleston 
S. Carolina. By exchange, 1883. 
1 F. M‘Coy, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [3] vol. xx. (1867), p. 192. 
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