Basic Shark Tooth Identification

Basic Shark Tooth Identification

Commonly known as mackerel sharks, this order includes:
- Family Otodontidae: Megalodon and its ancestors.
- Family Lamnidae: Great white, mako sharks.
- Family Carchariidae: Sand tiger sharks.
- Family
- Family Mitsukurinidae: Goblin sharks
Further reading on Lamniformes
Commonly referred to as ground sharks, this order contains the largest number of species.

Otodus megalodon

Otodus chubutensis

Otodus obliquus

Carcharodon carcharias

Carcharodon hastalis

Carcharodon (isurus) planus

Carcharhinus leucas

Carcharhinus obscurus

Carcharias taurus

Galeocerdo aduncus

Galeocerdo cuvier

Hemipristis serra

Negaprion brevirostris

Scapanorhynchus texanus

Squalicorax kaupi

Sphyrna zygaena

Physogaleus contortus