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Megalodon

Otodus megalodon (/ˈmɛɡələdɒn/ MEG-əl-ə-don; meaning "big tooth"), commonly known as megalodon, is an extinct species of giant mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.58 million years ago (Mya), from the Early Miocene to the Early Pliocene epochs. This prehistoric fish was once thought to be a member of the family Lamnidae and a close relative of…

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related to history · 49
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related to External links · 31
Megalodon → Archived, Ars Technica, Bretton Kent, Dana Ehret, December, Definitely, Extinct Megatoothed, Fall, Jennifer, John Babiarz, Kallie, Lamniform, March, Mark Renz, Megalodon's, Mikael Siverson, Moore, Neogene Giant Sharks, November, Ouellette
related to Growth and reproduction · 29
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related to Changing ecosystem · 26
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related to Climate change · 20
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related to Prey relationships · 19
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related to Evolution · 16
Megalodon → Carcharodon, Cosmopolitodus, In, Isurus, It, Lamnidae, Late Oligocene, Megalodon's, Mya, Otodontidae, Otodus, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Proponents, The, While
related to In popular culture · 14
Megalodon → Alleged, Contemporary, Deep Terror, Fossil, HMS Challenger, Meg, Novel, Reports, Shark Attack, Steve Alten, The, The Meg, These, Wladimir Tschernezky
related to Competition · 13
Megalodon → Additionally, Fossil, Fossilized, Its, Juvenile, Lee Creek Mine, Livyatan, North Carolina, Oligocene, Some, Such, This, Zygophyseter
related to Teeth and bite force · 13
Megalodon → Another, Based, Diagnostic, In, Japan, National Museum, Natural History, Saitama, The, United States, USNM, V-shaped, Yorktown Formations

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shark teeth white great sharks ft length large tooth meters may body size species whales genus maximum found pliocene total

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Megalodonis aofficial state shark of Maryland0.90text
Orcinus citoniensis were likely adapted for feeding on small fishinstance ofas species0.80text
cephalopods rather than large marine mammalsinstance ofas species0.80text
O. obliquusinstance ofThe resulting simulations identified higher levels of stress in megalodon teeth under lateral force loads compared to its precursor species0.80text
O. angusteidens when tooth size was removed as a factorinstance ofThe resulting simulations identified higher levels of stress in megalodon teeth under lateral force loads compared to its precursor species0.80text
megalodon or Livyataninstance ofthese physeteroids were subject to predation from larger species0.80text
Zygophyseterinstance ofmegalodon likely preyed on macroraptorial raptorial sperm whales0.80text
which may suggest that it occupied a higher trophic level than extant apex predatorsinstance ofmegalodon likely preyed on macroraptorial raptorial sperm whales0.80text
which is supported by calcium isotopic analysis.By the Late Mioceneinstance ofmegalodon likely preyed on macroraptorial raptorial sperm whales0.80text
around 11 Myainstance ofmegalodon likely preyed on macroraptorial raptorial sperm whales0.80text
macroraptorials experienced a significant decline in abundanceinstance ofmegalodon likely preyed on macroraptorial raptorial sperm whales0.80text
diversityinstance ofmegalodon likely preyed on macroraptorial raptorial sperm whales0.80text

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