| Carcharodon hubbelli Temporal range: Late Miocene | |
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| An artist's illustration of Carcharodon hubbelli preying upon a seal | |
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| Jaws of Carcharodon hubbelli | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Lamniformes |
| Family: | Lamnidae |
| Genus: | Carcharodon |
| Species: | †C. hubbelli |
| Binomial name | |
| †Carcharodon hubbelli Ehret et al., 2012 | |
Carcharodon hubbelli is an extinct species of shark known from fossils found in the Pisco Formation in south-west Peru. The shark is a transitional species, showing intermediate features between present-day great white sharks and smaller, prehistoric mako sharks.
This shark was named in honour of Gordon Hubbell (the scientist who recovered the specimen from a farmer who found it in 1988) in recognition of his contribution to shark palaeontology.
