Genus CARCHAROCLES
Kingdom / Phylum . . . . . . . . Subphylum / Superclass . . . . Class / Subclass / Infraclass Division / Superorder / Order Suborder / Infraorder . . . . . . Superfamily / Family . . . . . . . Subfamily / Genus . . . . . . . . .	Animalia / Chordata Cephalochordata / Gnathostomata Chondrichthyes / Elasmobranchii / n.a. n.a. / Euselachii / Galeomorpha Lamnoidea / n.a. n.a. / Lamnidae n.a. / Carcharocles
Age: Distribution:	Eocene - Pliocene Global
On all issues listed below, the giant megalodon shark and/or its impressive teeth are shown. This species used to be assigned to the genus Carcharodon, which also includes the recent great white shark. However, megalodon belongs to a different lineage, and is not closely related to the great white.   Depicted on: Angola, 1970 (3$50, fossil tooth, as Procarcharodon) Central African Republic, 2016 (position 1 of sheet) Central African Republic, 2018 (M.S. margin) Central African Republic, 2021 (M.S. margin, as Otodus) Central African Republic, 2022 (position 2 of sheet, M.S. marin, as Otodus) Chad, 2020 (M.S.) Chad, 2020 (3 values, 2 values in M.S.) Cuba, 2015 (10 c., tooth and reconstruction, as Carcharodon) Djibouti, 2018 (M.S.) Djibouti, 2019 (position 2 of sheet, sheet margin) Djibouti, 2020 (position 1 of sheet, fossil teeth) Djibouti, 2021 (position 1 of sheet, as Otodus) Dominica, 1995 (position 10 of sheet) Guinea, 2017 (M.S. margin) Guinea, 2018 (position 3 of sheet, M.S. margin) Guinea, 2023 (M.S., as Otodus megalodon) Liberia, 2020 (position 2 of sheet 2, sheet 1 margin) Liberia, 2020 (position 2 of sheet, tooth) Maldives, 2019 (position 4 of sheet) New Caledonia, 1999 (70 Fr. and three stamps in sheet, fossil tooth and reconstruction) Mozambique, 2018 (position 2 of sheet) Mozambique, 2019 (position 4 of sheet, as Carcharodon) Mozambique, 2020 (position 2 of sheet) Mozambique, 2021 (M.S. margin) Niger, 2015 (position 4 of sheet, M.S. margin, as Carcharodon) Niger, 2019 (position 3 of sheet) Niger, 2019 (position 1 of sheet) Peru, 2023 (M.S.) Sao Tome e Principe, 2014 (position 2 of sheet, bottom) Sao Tome e Principe, 2019 (position 1 of sheet, M.S. margin) Sierra Leone, 2015 (M.S. margin, as Carcharodon) Sierra Leone, 2016 (M.S., as Megalodon) Sierra Leone, 2017 (position 2 of sheet) Sierra Leone, 2023 (right label, fossil tooth) Togo, 2020 (position 1 of sheet, M.S. margin) Togo, 2020 (position 4 of sheet, fossil tooth) Togo, 2022 (M.S. 2 margin, two teeth) Tristan da Cunha, 1998 (position 1 of sheet)