Carcharodon hubbelli
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Carcharodon hubbelli is a fossil shark species that lived between 8 and 6 million years ago, during the Miocene Epoch. It is considered an ancestor of the modern great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.1
Fossil discoveries suggest that C. hubbelli had teeth that were beginning to develop the serrations characteristic of modern great white sharks, though they were less pronounced. This species represents a transitional stage in the evolutionary lineage leading to C. carcharias.1
The evolution of sharks, including the lineage leading to C. hubbelli, traces back to ancient jawed vertebrates. Sharks, as cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes), evolved from early placoderms and adapted to marine environments, developing unique features like a cartilaginous skeleton and specialized teeth.2
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