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)
 
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