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The silhouettes shown here depict megalodon as a robust Lamnid-like shark and are based on the estimated body dimensions proposed by Cooper et al. and a life restoration by Oliver Demuth. [1] However, due to the limited information on life appearance, other body plans have been proposed, and megalodon could have looked substantially different ...
The basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) is the second-largest living shark and fish, after the whale shark. [4] It is one of three plankton-eating shark species, along with the whale shark and megamouth shark. Typically, basking sharks reach 7.9 m (26 ft) in length.
Otodus megalodon (/ ˈ m ɛ ɡ əl ə d ɒ n / 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.
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 ...
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A shark-like image on their fish finder conjured images of a giant shark that swam the oceans millions of years ago. Shark-like underwater image conjures thoughts of 50-foot, 40-ton Megalodon for ...
[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.
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