13 Facts About Megalodon

Megalodon, meaning "big tooth", is an extinct species of mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.

Megalodon probably had a major impact on the structure of marine communities.

Megalodon is considered to be a member of the family Otodontidae, genus Otodus, as opposed to its previous classification into Lamnidae, genus Carcharodon.

Megalodon size estimates vary depending on the method used, with maximum total length estimates ranging from 14.

Megalodon is thought to have been the largest macropredatory shark that ever lived.

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Megalodon had a very robust dentition, and had over 250 teeth in its jaws, spanning 5 rows.

Megalodon is represented in the fossil record by teeth, vertebral centra, and coprolites.

Megalodon had a cosmopolitan distribution; its fossils have been excavated from many parts of the world, including Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Australia.

Megalodon had a global distribution and fossils of the shark have been found in many places around the world, bordering all oceans of the Neogene.

Megalodon were contemporaneous with whale-eating toothed whales, which were probably among the era's apex predators, and provided competition.

Megalodon probably had a tendency for cannibalism, much like contemporary sharks.

Megalodon has been portrayed in many works of fiction, including films and novels, and continues to be a popular subject for fiction involving sea monsters.

Megalodon subsequently began to feature in films, such as the 2003 direct to video Shark Attack 3: Megalodon, and later The Meg, a 2018 film based on the 1997 book which grossed over $500 million at the box office.