2023年6月15日 · Megalodon once dominated Earth's oceans. Despite vanishing from the fossil record millions of years ago, rumors persist that these gigantic sharks are still alive.

Otodus megalodon (/ ˈmɛɡələdɒn / 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.

Megalodon is NOT alive today, it went extinct around 3.5 million years ago. Go to the Megalodon Shark Page to learn the real facts about the largest shark to ever live, including the actual research about it's extinction.

2022年6月23日 · It doesn’t matter that Otodus megalodon has by all scientific accounts been extinct for more than 3 million years. The ongoing earthly presence of the enormous shark persists in our...

Does megalodon still exist? Museum fossil fish expert Emma Bernard cuts through the hype and reveals facts about the largest shark that ever lived, from size and diet to its awe-inspiring teeth and where to find them.

2023年6月29日 · The answer is quite straightforward – no. It is practically impossible for a creature of megalodon’s size to still be out there, alive and flopping, without leaving any evidence for its...

2022年7月25日 · If anyone asks you is the megalodon still alive, you can be confident that the answer is no! The apex predator megalodon became extinct over 3.6 million years ago. Scientists are confident in this because more recent geological layers …

2023年1月1日 · The primary question everyone wants to know, though, is are they still alive? Fossils of megalodon teeth and jaws help scientists estimate their size at 16-18 m when fully grown. Since sharks have cartilage rather than bones, full skeletons do not exist.

2021年6月29日 · There is a chance that if megalodons were still alive today, the largest animal this planet has ever supported, the blue whale, may not exist (or at least, not in its current form). What killed the megalodons?

2023年8月7日 · Megalodon is real — but fossils end over 2 million years ago. Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon) is the largest shark we know of. It reached a whopping length of 18 meters (59 feet), and...