Description
Megalodon
- Carcharocles Megalodon Shark Tooth
- Miocene – Pliocene Age
- Found in Ancient River Delta
- South Carolina
- Specimen measures 3.22″ long along the longest side of tooth (Polished on 1 side)
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Megalodon is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 15.9 to 2.6 million years ago. during the Cenozoic Era (middle Miocene to end of Pliocene). The taxonomic assignment of C. megalodon has been debated for nearly a century, and is still under dispute. The two major interpretations are Carcharodon megalodon (under family Lamnidae) or Carcharocles megalodon (under the family Otodontidae). Consequently, the scientific name of this species is commonly abbreviated C. megalodon in the literature.
Regarded as one of the largest as well as most powerful predators in vertebrate history, C. megalodon probably had a profound impact on the structure of marine communities. Fossil remains suggest that this giant shark reached a length of 18 metres (59 ft), and also indicate that it also had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that C. megalodon looked comparable to a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. .Before
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