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If you picture a megalodon, chances are you envision what amounts to a gigantic great white shark. The image is understandable, given almost every depiction of the ancient apex predators across ...
The research, published Sunday in the journal “Palaeontologia Electronica,” suggests that the megalodon, which dominated the ocean 3.5 million years ago, was more than three times the size of ...
there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth are some of the most abundant remnants of prehistoric oceans, providing scientists with crucial ...
Few prehistoric monsters capture the imagination quite like the megalodon. From natural history museums to the silver screen, this colossal shark, which went extinct over three million years ago ...
Between around 20 million and 3.6 million years ago, Megalodon ruled the seas of ancient Earth. As no complete megalodon (Otodus megalodon) skeletons have ever been found, so our knowledge of ...
A new study has revealed that the megalodon, the largest shark to ever roam the oceans, could have reached lengths of up to 80 feet—far surpassing earlier estimates. Previously thought to ...