This is the size different between the teeth of megalodon versus the great white shark Credit: Getty The research was published in the Palaeontologia Electronica journal.

Megalodon may have been up to 80 feet long, but the colossal extinct shark was also probably thinner than scientists previously thought, according to a new study.

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New research suggests that the prehistoric megalodon, the biggest shark known to have existed, was even larger than we thought.

For years, the megalodon has been imagined as a monstrous version of the great white shark. Depictions in movies and ...

A new study suggests the extinct megalodon shark species was larger than previously believed, with a potential length of up to 24 metres and weight of 94 tonnes. (Graham Thompson/CBC) A Saint John ...

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