Megalodon biography
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Megalodon Shark Facts and Information: The Details
Megalodon Shark Teeth storlek vs Great White Tooth vs T. Rex Tooth.
Origins of the Megalodon shark - Megalodon History and Evolution
With teeth that could reach over 7 inches and a body more massive than a T-Rex, Megatooth sharks, particularly Otodus Megalodon, are undoubtedly the most infamous of all prehistoric sharks. This shark could eat Jaws in one bite!
Most paleontologists believe the Megatooth shark lineage dates back to the giant mackerel shark of the Paleocene, Otodus obliquus. Otodus was the top predator of the Paleocene oceans. Throughout the Eocene Otodus teeth became more and more serrated. The Eocene Tologaysor (say that 3 times in a row) formation in Kazakhstan shows this transition nicely. Each zone of the formation has Otodus teeth that are slightly more serrated over geologic time until they start looking like early megalodon teeth.
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Megalodon
Megalodon is an extinct species of shark and was the largest shark of all time, as far as we know. Its scientific name is Carcharodon megalodon (meaning " sharp tooth big tooth"). It lived from the early Miocene to the Plioceneepochs, 23 to 3.6 million years ago (mya). It is a member of the family Lamnidae and the direct ancestor to the present-day great white shark ( Carcharodon carcharias ).
Megalodon had teeth, which are among the largest ever found, over 18 cm (7.1 in) long. Nicolaus Steno was the first to recognize the teeth as those of a giant shark. Paleontologists calculate that the shark was up to 20.3 m (67 ft) long with average length of 17 meters (56 feet). It weighed up to 48-103 metric tons.[1]
Paleoecology
[change | change source]Fossil records of C. megalodon indicate that it occurred in deep to tropical latitudes.[2] Before the formation of the Isthmus of Panama, the seas were relatively warmer
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Megalodon: Facts about the long-gone, giant shark
The megalodon, which went extinct millions of years ago, was the largest shark ever to prowl the oceans and one of the largest fish on record. The scientific name, Otodus megalodon, means "giant tooth," and for good reason: Its massive teeth are almost three times larger than the teeth of a modern great white shark. The megalodon shark's fossilized bones and teeth give scientists major clues about what the creature was like and when it died off.
When did megalodon go extinct?
While the popular 2018 movie, "The Meg," pits modern humans against an enormous megalodon sharks, it's actually more than likely that the beast died out before humans even evolved. But it's difficult to pinpoint the exact date that the megalodon went extinct because the fossil record is incomplete.
In 2014, a research group at the University of Zurich studied megalodon fossils using a technique called optimal linear estimation to determine the