Fish
Otodus megalodon
Its size is estimated mainly from teeth, so the figures have uncertainty.
Megalodon was an enormous shark, but it was not simply a scaled-up great white.
Three stages. One companion.
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Otodus megalodon at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Neogene
- Group
- Otodontidae
- Otodontids
- Fossil locations
- Panama
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Otodus megalodon
It belonged to the otodontids, an extinct family separate from that of the great white shark. It lived long after the non-avian dinosaurs.
It belonged to the otodontid sharks and lived after the non-avian dinosaurs. Its size is estimated mainly from teeth, so every figure carries a margin of uncertainty.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
It belonged to the otodontid sharks and lived after the non-avian dinosaurs. Its size is estimated mainly from teeth, so every figure carries a margin of uncertainty.
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- Megalodon
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- Otodontidae
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