However, fossils of megalodon teeth bearing bite marks from ... Lamniform sharks have an upper jaw that protrudes far beyond the lower jaw, making direct contact between upper and lower teeth ...
Researchers are calling for CT scans to confirm the authenticity of a Cretaceous period fossil that led to the identification ...
It is estimated that its jaw would span 2.7 by 3.4 metres wide ... although they are extremely rare in the UK and tend to be of poor quality. Almost all fossil remains of megalodon are teeth. Sharks ...
The biggest indication that the fossil is forged are the teeth, says Sharpe. Each mosasaur tooth corresponds to a pit in the jaw. “Even if the fossil is very poor quality, you can still count ...
Until now, only the length of the Otodus Megalodon, as featured in the 2018 film The Meg, had been estimated from fossils of its teeth. However a team from Swansea and Bristol universities have ...
Scientists have discovered that the long-extinct megalodon, also known as the megatooth shark, had a body temperature 7 degrees Celsius warmer than the surrounding seawater. This information might ...
The megalodon lived in most parts of the ocean (except near the north and south pole). The most northern fossils are found off the coast of Denmark and the most southern in New Zealand.
In fact, a T-rex would have been a quick snack for megalodon. Its head would have easily fit inside the gargantuan shark's mouth.