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“It had a powerful bite with a jaw full of teeth as large as an adult human’s hand. ... embedded in a whale bone. Scientists calculate that a bite from a megalodon jaw could generate force of ...
Livyatan is the largest fossil sperm whale discovered, and was also one of the biggest-known predators, having the largest bite of any tetrapod. [1] [8] Diagram comparing the upper and lower size estimates of Livyatan (bottom three) with the size of mature sperm whales, including one of the largest individuals recorded (top three), and a human
It describes a research that lists a specimen of Dunkleosteus as having a bite force of 7,400 N, and then proceeds to estimate a bite force of a small adult specimen Megalodon as being 108,514 to 182,201 newtons (24,395 to 40,960 lbf), in a Megalodon's posterior bite, which it then compares to the 18,216 newtons (4,095 lbf) bite force of the ...
In 2008, a team of scientists led by S. Wroe conducted an experiment to determine the bite force of the great white shark, using a 2.5-meter (8.2 ft) long specimen, and then isometrically scaled the results for its maximum size and the conservative minimum and maximum body mass of megalodon. They placed the bite force of the latter between ...
Fossilized clues suggest a small whale was ambushed, bitten, and dramatically thrashed by this colossal shark species."To have been on the receiving end of a megalodon A powerful megalodon ...
The bite force of one adult American alligator [19] 10 4 N 16.5 kN The bite force of a 5.2 m (17 ft) saltwater crocodile [20] 18 kN The estimated bite force of a 6.1 m (20 ft) adult great white shark [21] 25 kN Approximate force applied by the motors of a Tesla Model S during maximal acceleration [22] 25.5 to 34.5 kN
Scientists were able to estimate the bite force of Basilosaurus isis by analyzing the scarred skull bones of another species of prehistoric whale, Dorudon, and concluded that it could exert a maximum bite force of at least 16,400 newtons (3,700 lbf) and could possibly exceed 20,000 newtons (4,500 lbf), [66] roughly equivalent to the range ...
Zygophyseter could reach an estimated length of 6.5 to 7 meters (21 to 23 ft), compared to the 12.5-to-18.5-meter (41 to 61 ft) modern sperm whale. [11] It is thought that this whale had twelve thoracic vertebrae and at least ten lumbar vertebrae. The type specimen had only 8 thoracic vertebrae preserved, and only the atlas of the neck vertebrae.