But today, based on features around the base of its massive teeth, most experts think it was probably in a separate family whose members are all now extinct, called Otodontidae, also known as the Mega-Toothed sharks.
Lots of different features also help animal ears hit especially high notes, like the extra hard, stiff middle ear bones of toothed whales; like dolphins and sperm whales, which efficiently propagate high-frequency vibrations.