Megalodon

Megalodon (/ˈmɛɡələˌdɒn, -l-/ MEG-ə-lə-don or /ˈmɡələˌdɒn, -l-/ MAY-ghə-lə-don, meaning "big tooth", from Ancient Greek: μέγας (megas) "big, mighty" and ὀδoύς (odoús), "tooth"—whose stem is odont-, as seen in the genitive case form ὀδόντος, odóntos) is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 15.9 to 2.6 million years ago, during the Cenozoic Era (middle Miocene to end of Pliocene).

The taxonomic assignment of C. megalodon has been debated for nearly a century, and is still under dispute. The two major interpretations are Carcharodon megalodon (under family Lamnidae) or Carcharocles megalodon (under the family Otodontidae). Consequently, the scientific name of this species is commonly abbreviated C. megalodon in the literature.

Regarded as one of the largest and most powerful predators in vertebrate history,C. megalodon probably had a profound impact on the structure of marine communities.Fossil remains suggest that this giant shark reached a length of 18 metres (59 ft), and also indicate that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that C. megalodon looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.

Megalodon (film)

Megalodon is a 2004 American shark film. It takes place out on a deep sea oil rig.

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Megalodon (genus)

Megalodon is an extinct genus of bivalve molluscs that reportedly lived from the Devonian to the Jurassic Period. It is not clear, however, that all the fossils assigned to Megalodon from that span of time really belong in the same genus. Jurassic relatives of Megalodon such as Pachyrisma grande were closely related to the rudists.Megalodon is the only genus in the family Megalodontidae.

Nomenclature

A family of insects has also been called "Megalodontidae", containing the sawfly genus Megalodontes. In order to remove the homonymy, that family has been renamed Megalodontesidae.

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Megalodon

by: Manilla Road

From the depths of the ocean
Prehistoric - monstrous distortion
From the depths of creation
Comes the hunter - death's incarnation
Birth of the Gods, first of the Titans
Mastered by no-one, before Poseidon
From the depths of inception
Comes the monster - lost from redemption
Ancient king of tides
Killer instinct in his eyes
'Tis the deep desolation
Dark aquaticx - life's domination
'Tis the thirst for consumption
Comes the creature - bloody seduction
Abomination. life's decimation
Hells' own creation, beast of damnation
'Tis the wake of destruction
Feeding frenzy - god of disruption
Ancient king of tides
Killer instinct in his eyes
Feel the urge for the blood feast
Murderous nature - nature of the beast
Feel the wrath of seven seas
Catclysmic - Fate of the deep-freeze
Cycles comletion, doomed to extinction
Ancient creations, cold termination
Ther will never again be
Such a killer - a shark so deadly




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Megalodon-mania: Teeth from massive ancient shark up for auction in Saint John

CBC 20 Mar 2025
A Saint John auction house has opened bidding for a collection of ancient megalodon shark teeth ... .
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Megalodon shark may have reached 80 feet, new study finds

The Jerusalem Post 16 Mar 2025
Megalodon sharks roamed the seas between 20 million and 3.6 million years ago. .
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