The mighty megalodon is the most famous extinct shark on earth – with giant jaws and a tremendous size that inspire myths and ...

Scientifically known as Otodus megalodon, the Neogene-era shark is estimated to have reached lengths of 50 to 65 feet (15 to 20 meters) and once belonged to a lineage of sharks that evolved during ...

The massive megalodon was not hunting only large marine mammals such as whales as researchers widely thought, a new study of minerals in fossilized teeth has found.

The researchers examined fossilized megalodon teeth, which are more or less all that has remained of the cartilaginous fish that gave the shark its name, megalodon, meaning “big tooth”.

Paleobiologist Dr. Kenshu Shimada has been fascinated by fossil sharks, including the giant Otodus megalodon, since childhood — he found his first megalodon tooth at 13 years old. So when he saw ...

Mega-shark Megalodon may have died off because it got too hot. By Mike Wehner. Published Dec 11th, 2018 7:37PM EST. ... Clues to the shark’s body temperature were found in its teeth.

Otodus megalodon was the largest predatory fish in Earth's history. Measuring up to 24 meters, it was longer than a truck with a trailer and weighed almost twice as much. Embedded in its jaws were ...

In this study, Megalodon teeth consistently showed some of the lowest δ⁶⁶Zn values across the entire fossil dataset, placing them at the very top of the marine food web.

The teeth used for the study mostly came from 18-million-year-old fossil deposits in the German cities of Sigmaringen and Passau—and sharks in these locations showed different food habits.

Massive megalodon tooth found off Florida coast: What ‘every fossil diver dreams about’ By . Hayley Vawter, FOX Weather. Published May 22, 2025, 11:13 a.m. ET. Originally Published by: ...

SOLOMONS, MD – The Calvert Marine Museum (CMM) is set to unveil an extraordinary new exhibit featuring a never-before-seen collection of teeth from the extinct megatooth shark, megalodon. The ...

The massive megalodon was not hunting only large marine mammals such as whales as researchers widely thought, a new study of minerals in fossilized teeth has found.