Editing Carcharodon (section)

{{Short description|Genus of sharks}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|16|0|earliest=23}}
| image = Carcharodon carcharias.jpg
| image_caption = [[Great white shark]] (''Carcharodon carcharias'')
| taxon = Carcharodon
| authority = [[Andrew Smith (zoologist)|A. Smith]], 1838
| type_species = ''[[Carcharodon carcharias|Carcharias atwoodi]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| synonyms =
*''Procarcharodon'' <small>Casier, 1960</small>
| subdivision = *''C. carcharias'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
*{{extinct}}''C. carcharias-f'' <small>Lawley, 1876</small>
*{{extinct}}''[[Carcharodon hubbelli|C. hubbelli]]'' <small>Ehret ''et al.'', 2012</small>
*{{extinct}}''[[Cosmopolitodus|C. hastalis]]''? <small>Agassiz, 1843</small>
*{{extinct}} ''[[Cosmopolitodus|C. planus]]''? <small>Agassiz, 1856</small>
*{{extinct}} ''[[Carcharomodus|C. subserratus (escheri)]]''? <small>Agassiz, 1843</small>
*{{extinct}} ''C. plicatilis (xiphodon)''? <small>Agassiz, 1843</small>
*{{extinct}} ''C. caifassii'' <small>Lawley, 1876</small><ref name=":1" />
}}

'''''Carcharodon''''' (meaning "jagged/sharp tooth" in [[Ancient Greek]])<ref>{{Citation |title=Carcharodon |date=2022-01-02 |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Carcharodon&oldid=65143146 |work=Wiktionary |language=en |access-date=2023-01-04}}</ref> is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[shark]]s within the family [[Lamnidae]], colloquially called the "white sharks." The only extant member is the [[great white shark]] (''Carcharodon carcharias''). [[Extinction|Extinct]] species include ''[[Carcharodon hubbelli|C. hubbelli]]'' and ''[[Cosmopolitodus|C. hastalis.]]''<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |author=Ehret, D.J.|author2= Macfadden, B.J.|author3= Jones, D.S.|author4= DeVries, T.J.|author5= Foster, D.A. |author6=Salas-Gismondi, R. |year=2012|title=Origin of the white shark ''Carcharodon'' (Lamniformes: Lamnidae) based on recalibration of the Upper Neogene Pisco Formation of Peru|journal=Palaeontology|volume=55|issue= 6|page=1139-1153|doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01201.x|bibcode= 2012Palgy..55.1139E}}</ref> The first appearance of the genus may have been as early as the [[Early Miocene]] or [[Late Oligocene]].<ref name=":1">{{cite journal|author=Trif, N.|author2= Ciobanu, R.|author3= Codrea, V. |year=2016|title=The first record of the giant shark ''Otodus megalodon'' (Agassiz, 1835) from Romania|journal=Brukenthal, Acta Musei|volume=11|issue=3|pages=507–526}}</ref>  [[Megalodon|Carcharocles megalodon]] is still argued by some paleontologists (e.g. Michael D. Gottfried, [[Leonard Compagno]], and [[Ewan Fordyce]]) to be a close relative of ''Carcharodon carcharias'' - as well as being in the same genus.<ref name=":0"/> When Megalodon belonged to this genus it had the scientific name ''Carcharodon megalodon''. More recently, Megalodon has been assigned by most scientists to either the genus ''Carcharocles'' or ''Otodus''.