Megalodon
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| Extinction status | Extinct |
|---|---|
| Family | †Otodontidae |
| Class | Chondrichthyes |
| Scientific name | Carcharodon megalodon |
| Order | Lamniformes |
| Did you know | Most reconstructions show megalodon looking like an enormous great white shark. |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 857390 |
About Megalodon
Megalodon, meaning "big tooth", is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 23 to 3. 6 million years ago, during the Early Miocene to the end of the Pliocene. It was formerly thought to be a member of the family Lamnidae, making it closely related to the great white shark.
Girl, 9, finds megalodon shark tooth on Maryland beach
... Wading in knee-deep waters, that s exactly what she found: a tooth belonging to the now-extinct Otodus Megalodon shark species...
Boy, six, finds giant megalodon shark tooth on Bawdsey beach
...A six-year-old boy has found a shark tooth belonging to a giant prehistoric Megalodon that could be up to 20 million years old...
What's wrong with buying a dinosaur?
... Bidders from as far apart as California and Hungary join the auction online and the murmurs of excitement rise as the room is shown slides of such palaeontological treasures as oil-black teeth from a Megalodon - a giant prehistoric shark - or Sauropod eggs and fossilised dragonflies...
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