Species: megalodon MARTINS NETO, 1986 (nomen nudum)
Etymology: Greek, meg, “big, mighty” and Greek, odon, “tooth.”
Holotype: CPCA 3592 (as per Pinheiro et al., 2012)
Locality: Chapade do Araripe, Ceara State, Northeastern Brazil.
Horizon: Romulado Formation, Araripe Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Aptian or Early Albian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material: Distal part of the skull, comprising the premaxillae, palate, palatal alveolar edge, fossa, naso-antorbital fenestra, and nasal.
Referred material?
CPCA 3591, was referred to cf. Anhanguera sp; middle part of a skull, comprising premaxillae, maxillae, vomers and right jugal/quadrtojugal.