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Megalodon. Otodus megalodon (/ ˈmɛɡələdɒn / MEG-əl-ə-don; meaning "big tooth"), commonly known as megalodon, is an extinct species of giant mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago (Mya), from the Early Miocene to the Early Pliocene epochs.
An adult megalodon's teeth could grow as large as nearly 7 inches. "The megalodon shark was the apex predator in the water," Bischoff said. Many other fish swam alongside these giant hunters.
Megalonyx (Greek, "great-claw") is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, native to North America. It evolved during the Pliocene Epoch and became extinct during at the end of the Late Pleistocene, living from ~5 million to ~13,000 years ago. [3] The type species, M. jeffersonii (also called Jefferson's ground sloth ...
Marine mammals likely constituted a big part of megalodon's menu, so with it gone, they were free to thrive. Observations indicate that in the years since the mega-shark's extinction, baleen ...
Ground sloth. Ground sloths are a diverse group of extinct sloths in the mammalian superorder Xenarthra. They varied widely in size with the largest, belonging to genera Lestodon, Eremotherium and Megatherium, being around the size of elephants. Ground sloths represent a paraphyletic group, as living tree sloths are thought to have evolved from ...
Meg 2: The Trench hits theaters this week with a larger-than-life depiction of the megalodon. Here’s what we actually know about the beast, according to scientists.
Southeastern Ohio was a swamp-covered coastal plain. [4] Ferns and horsetails were among the state's rich flora. [3] Ohio was only about 5 degrees north of the equator. Sand and mud deposited on local river deltas gradually filled in the swamp. Later in the Permian Ohio was subjected to geologic uplift and its sediments were eroded away ...
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