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Like other known megatooth sharks, the fossils of O. angustidens indicate that it was considerably larger than the extant great white shark, with the largest individuals possibly measuring up to 11–12 metres (36–39 ft) long. [7] [8] A well preserved specimen from New Zealand is estimated at 9.3 m (31 ft) in length. [5]
The total group of Elasmobranchii includes the Cohort Euselachii Hay, 1902, which groups the Hybodontiformes and a number of other extinct chondrichthyans with Elasmobrachii sensu stricto/Neoselachii, to the exclusion of more primitive total group elasmobranchs, which is supported by a number of shared morphological characters of the skeleton.
The largest specimen, which was examined in 1851, measured 12.3 m (40 ft) long and weighed 16 tonnes. [1] Perhaps the most famous "big fish" is the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). Specimens have been measured up to 6.4 m (21 ft) and weighing 3,312 kg (7,302 lb), with great whites of at least 7 m (23 ft) long generally accepted.
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Larger Pacific sleeper sharks are also found to feed on fast-swimming prey such as squids, Pacific salmon, and harbor porpoises. [6] The diet of the Pacific sleeper shark seems to broaden as they increase in size. For example, a 3.7-m female shark found off Trinidad, California was found to have fed mostly on giant squid.
She is one of the biggest great white sharks ever filmed and. Nicknamed 'Deep Blue,' this great white is almost as long as the 22-foot-long boat the researchers were aboard near Guadalupe, Mexico ...
The Megalodon was a prehistoric shark, much like a great white ... but 60-feet long. Researchers don't actually believe it was a Megalodon, but they do think it was a giant shark: a great white ...
Great white shark: Carcharodon carcharias: 7.1 (disputed) [10] [11] [12] 11: Pacific sleeper shark: Somniosus pacificus: 7 [13] 12: Common thresher shark: Alopias vulpinus: 6.5 [14] 13: Goblin shark: Mitsukurina owstoni: 6.2 [15] 14: Great hammerhead shark: Sphyrna mokarran: 6.1 [16] 15: White sturgeon: Acipenser transmontanus: 6.1 [17] 16 ...