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What are the different Parotodus species?


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I was just going through my unread on the forum when I found the show us your rarest shark tooth thread. As I was scrolling through this thread I noticed at least two different species of Parotodus, which I found strange, as I was only aware of Parotodus Benedini. So what are the other species of the genus Parotodus and how do you distinguish between them?

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P. mangleyshlakensis is another species. So is P. pavlovi.

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Short answer - it’s complicated. Apparently there’s an unnamed species in Japan and supposedly an unnamed species in the Charleston SC area as well I’ve found a couple teeth of. I tried to do some research on this a while ago and had a hard time getting anywhere productive. 

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