Otodus

Otodus obliquus was a large prehistoric mackeral shark which lived during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, approximately about 60 to 45 million years ago.

== Fossil Teeth==

This genus (and other family taxa) is known from isolated and/or associated teeth and vertebrae. The teeth are triangular in shape, bear (usually large) triangular and divergent lateral cusplets (occasionally more than one) and can be quite massive, with some teeth reaching sizes of 3.5 inches and larger.

== Distribution==

Otodus obliquus is a widespread species, reported from the Danian (Early Paleocene) through Ypresian (Early Eocene) sediments of Africa, Asia, Europe & North America.