and genus, Otodus (Carcharocles).

In 1876, fossils of a shark species referred to as the possible ancestor of the modern Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) were named Carcharodon caifassii by the paleontologist Maurice Leriche. C. caifassii is now placed as a probable junior synonym of C. carcharias due to the lack of sufficient diagnostic fossils.

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