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Dunkleosteus was a massive armored fish that ruled the Devonian seas over 358 million years ago. With powerful, self-sharpening jaws and an immense bite force, it was one of the most fearsome ...

The megalodon, this extinct giant of the seas, may not have been the stocky colossus we thought. A new study suggests that this legendary predator had a longer and more slender body, resembling more a ...

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Megalodon is one of the biggest predators ever to have lived. The creature is believed to have died out around 3.6 million years ago. But it dominated oceans during life, and could've reached ...

Yet back then, any one of these creatures could become prey to the ocean's fiercest apex predator: the megalodon, a giant shark with massive teeth and a body the size of a whale. In many ways ...

The research, published Sunday in the journal “Palaeontologia Electronica,” suggests that the megalodon, which dominated the ocean 3.5 million years ago, was more than three times the size of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If you picture a megalodon, chances are you envision what amounts to ...

For example, a 24.3-meter-long O. megalodon would have weighed around 94 tons, and the cruising speed estimated from scale morphology was 2.1–3.5 kilometers (1.3–2.2 miles) per hour, which is ...

More there’s something about Megalodon that grips the imagination like no other. Fossilized shark teeth are some of the most abundant remnants of prehistoric oceans, providing scientists with ...