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In 2020, Cooper and his colleagues reconstructed a 2D model of megalodon based on the dimensions of all the extant lamnid sharks and suggested that a 16 meters (52 ft) long megalodon would have had a 4.65 m (15.3 ft) long head, 1.41 m (4 ft 8 in) tall gill slits, a 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) tall dorsal fin, 3.08 m (10 ft 1 in) long pectoral fins, and ...
Otodontidae is an extinct family of sharks belonging to the order Lamniformes.Its members have been described as megatoothed sharks. [1] [2] They lived from the Early Cretaceous to the Pliocene, and included genera such as Otodus, including the giant megalodon. [3]
There is also potential evidence that Otodus hunted raptorial sperm whales; a tooth belonging to an undetermined 4 m (13 ft) long physeteroid closely resembling those of Acrophyseter discovered in the Nutrien Aurora Phosphate Mine in North Carolina suggests that a megalodon or O. chubutensis may have aimed for the head of the sperm whale in ...
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Members of the group include macropredators, generally of medium-large size, including the largest macropredatory shark ever, the extinct Otodus megalodon, as well as large planktivores. [ 2 ] Although some authors have argued that the Late Jurassic Palaeocarcharias should be considered the oldest known lamniform, this is disputed.
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The tooth length of O. auriculatus is relatively large - from 25 to 114 millimetres (0.98 to 4.49 in). [4] However, it is smaller than that of megalodon and Otodus angustidens; the tooth length of O. megalodon is 38 to 178 millimetres (1.5 to 7.0 in) and O. angustidens 25 to 117 millimetres (0.98 to 4.61 in). [4]
Otodus appendiculatus Agassiz, 1843 Otodus latus Agassiz, 1843 Otodus basalis Stoliczka, 1873 Lamna (Otodus) appendiculata Zittel, 1895 Lamna borealis Priem, 1897 Lamna (Otodus) appendicularis Toula, 1900 Odontaspis gigas Dalinkevicus, 1935 Lamna lata Gyen, 1937 Plicatolamna arcuata Edwards, 1976 Cretolamna appendiculata var. pachyrhiza Herman ...