Species: megalodon BROOM, 1911
Etymology: Latin, megalo, "great" and Latin, odus, "tooth."
Holotype: AMNH 5523
Locality: Kuilspoort, Beaufort West, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy: Cistecephalus zone.
Age: Tatarian Age, Lopingian Subepoch, Zechstein Epoch, Late Permian.
Material: Fragmentary skull.