These three teeth depict more than 50 million years of shark teeth evolution. Megalodon's earliest ancestor, Otodos obliquus, from left, had smooth-edged teeth with a thick root and lateral ...

The largest predatory fish ever is the megalodon shark, and new details about its diet have now been revealed. The megalodon, which had teeth the size of humans, was named after the Greek word ...

For the past eight years, Nance and other scientists have been searching and finding teeth that belonged to the same shark – a giant megalodon that swam in the in the waters that is now the ...

Megalodon is thought to have first appeared between 28 and 23 million years ago and likely went extinct between 2.6 and 1.6 million years ago, according to various estimates.

Nicole Mercuri, 26, was walking along a Florida beach when she says she spotted a giant tooth that once belonged to a ...

It is suggested that a member of the Otodus shark family would require about 100,000 kilocalories per day to survive. Due to this extreme number, scientists have often assumed that the megalodon's ...

Molly Sampson, a fourth grader from Prince Frederick, Maryland, found a 15 million-year-old megalodon tooth on Christmas in a bay near Calvert Cliffs. Her family had it checked by a paleontologist.

Girl, 9, Finds Rare Megalodon Shark Tooth Fossil at Least 3.5 Million Years Old on Maryland Beach. ... but a huge Megalodon tooth!" the museum wrote on its Facebook page.

Megalodon (Otodus megalodon) is an iconic shark species—the largest to ever roam Earth's oceans—that scientists think went extinct around 3.6 million years ago. Its earliest remains date back ...

She found one, a fossil millions of years old, from a megalodon shark maybe 50 feet long. 9-year-old Molly Sampson spent Christmas morning searching for shark teeth.

Sampson found a Megalodon shark tooth on Calvert County Cliffs that experts say is 15 million years old. “I couldn’t believe it, it was so exciting," Molly said.

Clocking in at 78 feet in length and weighing about twice as much as a semi truck, the megalodon was a big fish with a big appetite. It is suggested that a member of the Otodus shark family would ...