Carcharodon hubbelli | |
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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 white 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 (C. carcharias) and smaller prehistoric mackerel sharks.
This shark was named in honor of Gordon Hubbell (the scientist who recovered the specimen from a farmer who found it in 1988) in recognition of his contribution to shark paleontology.