Alopias palatasi

Alopias palatasi; Temporal range: Early Miocene–Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Tooth of A. palatasi.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Division:	Selachii
Phylum:	Eukaryota
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Lamniformes
Family:	Alopiidae
Genus:	Alopias
Species:	A. palatasi
Binomial name
	Alopias palatasi; Kent & Ward, 2018

Alopias palatasi or also know "Giant Thresher shark" (now Trigonotodus palatasi) is an extinct species of shark of Alopias genus, that lived in Early Miocene to Middle Miocene, he was originaly classified in Alopecias genus.^[1] He is compared on the Great White shark, he measured 6-6.6 metres (20–22 ft) in maximum size and in average 4.5 metres (11–16 ft).^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-05-11.
↑ Antonio Celona, Alessandro de Maddalena (2001). AN ANALYSIS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCES OF THE LARGEST GREAT WHITE SHARKS, CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS (LINNAEUS, 1758), CAPTURED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA WITH CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF THE SPECIES. Annales de Sciences Naturelles.
↑ "How Big are Great White Sharks? | Smithsonian Ocean Portal". 2018-05-24. Archived from the original on 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2025-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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[1] "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-05-11.

[2] Antonio Celona, Alessandro de Maddalena (2001). AN ANALYSIS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCES OF THE LARGEST GREAT WHITE SHARKS, CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS (LINNAEUS, 1758), CAPTURED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA WITH CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF THE SPECIES. Annales de Sciences Naturelles.

[3] "How Big are Great White Sharks? | Smithsonian Ocean Portal". 2018-05-24. Archived from the original on 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2025-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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