Otodus
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek οὖς, ὠτ- (oûs, ōt-, “ear”) + Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)
Proper noun
†Otodus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family †Otodontidae – certain large, extinct mackerel sharks, which lived from the Paleocene to the Pliocene epoch.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Chondrichthyes – class; Elasmobranchii – subclass; Euselachii – infraclass; Neoselachii – division/cohort; Selachimorpha – subdivision/subcohort; Galeomorphii – superorder; Lamniformes – order; †Otodontidae – family;
Hyponyms
- (genus): †Otodus obliquus (type species), †Otodus aksuaticus, †Otodus auriculatus, †Otodus sokolovi, †Otodus angustidens, †Otodus chubutensis, †Otodus megalodon
References
- Otodus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Otodus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Otodus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons