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English: A size diagram comparing various size estimates for the extinct shark Otodus megalodon to Carcharodon carcharias (great white shark), Rhincodon typus (whale shark), and a human. Also shown are megalodon specimens the estimates are based on, vertebral column IRSNB P 9893, upper anterior tooth NSM PV-19896, and lateral tooth GHC 6.
The feeding ecology of megalodon appears to have varied with age and between sites, like the modern great white shark. It is plausible that the adult megalodon population off the coast of Peru targeted primarily cetothere whales 2.5 to 7 meters (8.2 to 23 ft) in length and other prey smaller than itself, rather than large whales in the same ...
[3])and Carcharodon megalodon (Average estimated adults size about 16 - 18 m, and a largest size of 20.3 m was extrapolated from ontogenetic trends of the great white shark by Gottfried et al. 1996. [4]) to a human Homo sapiens (180 cm). C. megalodon is only known from teeth and vertebrae, the silhouette shown here is speculative.
A new study posits that the ancient megalodon shark was longer and slimmer than previously believed. The ancient shark has been compared to the great white, but it may have more closely resembled ...
Previous best guesses estimated that the shark's demise happened about 1.5 million years back. Now researchers are saying it took place closer to two-and-a-half million years ago.
A giant shark that was known as a megalodon use to terrorize the underwater world. Although the enormous sharks didn't make the evolutionary cut, researchers believe they still had a big impact on ...
The largest shark in the fossil record is the megalodon (Otodus megalodon), a colossal Neogene lamniform. The range of estimates of the maximum length for megalodon are from 17 to 20.3 m (56 to 67 ft), with a mass ranging from 65 to 114 short tons (59 to 103 t). [41] [42] [43] It is also regarded as the largest macro-predatory fish ever.
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