Otodus

Translingual

Otodus megalodon restoration

Otodus obliquus restoration

Etymology

From Ancient Greek οὖς, ὠτ- (oûs, ōt-, “ear”) + Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)

Proper noun

†Otodus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Otodontidae – an extinct, cosmopolitan genus of mackerel shark which lived from the Paleocene to the Pliocene epoch.

References

• Otodus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Otodus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Otodus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons