Otodus Obliquus Shark Fossils
Otodus (ear-shaped tooth) is an extinct genus of Lamniformes, a shark order which includes great whites and magalodon. Otodus skeletons were composed of cartilage, not bone, which accounts for the relatively few fossil skeletal structures found. Having up to 4" teeth and up to 40' in length, these large predators lived in the Paleocene and Miocene periods. Their fossils have been found in African, Asian, European, and North American waters.