The massive Megalodon had a staggering 100,000 kilocalories-per-day nutritional demand—which it didn't always fill as expected.

whose new report was published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica A “eureka moment” came when they compared the teeth and spine of a living great white shark with megalodon teeth ...

Because of the perceived similarities between the megalodon and the great white, with the two having similar teeth structures ... ullstein bild via Getty Images) While great whites are bulky ...

Image Credit: Billion Photos/racksuz/Berit Kessler/Shutterstock, edited by IFLScience. DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION Some fossilized teeth from giant ancient megalodon sharks have unique scratches on them.

A new study reveals Megalodon wasn’t a picky eater, feasting on whatever prey was available at multiple levels of the food ...

National Megalodon Day is June 15 and celebrates the close relative to predatory fish, one that ruled the oceans 15 million ...

This process and the associated tasks (database and images preparation ... Such was undoubtedly the case for megalodon in Panama, where over 400 teeth from at least 16 different species of ...

Kim adds that the studies also indicate considerable variation: not all megalodon ate the same things. Getty Images The size of the shark's teeth has led to some confusion as to how big this long ...

More 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 ...

Indeed, we only know that megalodon (Odotus megalodon) existed from the many teeth and a few vertebrae they left behind. Megalodon was the largest predator in the oceans for about 20 million years ...