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Otodus megalodon (/ ˈ m ɛ ɡ əl ə d ɒ n / MEG-əl-ə-don; meaning "big tooth"), commonly known as megalodon, is an extinct species of giant mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago (Mya), from the Early Miocene to the Early Pliocene epochs.
A new study posits that the ancient megalodon shark was longer and slimmer than previously believed. The ancient shark has been compared to the great white, but it may have more closely resembled ...
Prehistoric Predators is a 2007 National Geographic Channel program based on different predators that lived in the Cenozoic era, including Smilodon and C. megalodon.The series investigated how such beasts hunted and fought other creatures, and what drove them to extinction.
A close rival in size to those snakes is palaeophiid marine snake Palaeophis colossaeus, which may have been around 9 m (30 ft) in length [266] [268] [269] or even up to 12.3 m (40 ft). [270] Another known very large fossil snake is Gigantophis garstini , estimated at 9.3–10.7 m (31–35 ft) in length, [ 271 ] [ 272 ] although later study ...
A megalodon tooth with two great white shark teeth. Megalodon is the state fossil of North Carolina. During the ensuing Pliocene epoch, North Carolina was home to invertebrate faunas including at least 25 species of gastropods and 46 pelecypods. [22] Pliocene fossil scallops are known from the Yorktown Formation of Northampton and Hertford ...
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A new snake species, the northern green anaconda, sits on a riverbank in the Amazon's Orinoco basin. “The size of these magnificent creatures was incredible," Fry said in a news release earlier ...
Megalodon (surviving populations) [26] [27] [28] Otodus megalodon [a] Giant prehistoric shark Oceans Mokele-mbembe [29] Dinosaur (lake, river and/or swamp monster) Republic of the Congo: Morgawr [30] Sea serpent Falmouth Bay: Ogopogo [12] N'ha•a•itk, Naitaka Lake monster Lake Okanagan, Canada Sea serpents [31] Sea animals, dinosaurs All ...