A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...

In reviewing a August 2022 paper, in which scientists built a digital 3D model of megalodon, Shimada found some of the math behind the shark’s proportions didn’t seem to add up. “We kind of ...

In 2020, the team reconstructed a 2D model of the megalodon, basing the dimensions on similar existing shark species. The researchers followed up in 2022 with a reconstructed 3D model ...

Shark biologists now say a lemon shark, like this one, is a better model of the extinct megalodon's body than the great white ... “The Meg” against one that gave creative birth to “Jaws” may not be ...

In order to tackle prey as large as whales, megalodon had to be able to open its mouth wide. It is estimated that its jaw would span 2.7 by 3.4 metres wide, easily big enough to swallow two adult ...

But the true size and shape of this extinct giant probably doesn't resemble the star of "Jaws." Scientists have long debated the true size of the megalodon (Otodus megalodon), which went extinct ...

Shark biologists now say a lemon shark, like this one, is a better model of the extinct megalodon's body than the great white shark. The megalodon has long been imagined as an enormous great white ...

Its jaws would've been able to exert up to 40,960 pounds of force. Megalodon prey would've included seals, sea turtles, and even whales. Scientists think that megalodon would've used its jaws to ...

megalodon-bitten O. megalodon teeth would be that two teeth in opposing jaws struck each other during occlusion, the serrated cutting edge of one marking the other”, the team wrote.

Megalodon likely fed with immense force, using its powerful jaws to shear through its prey’s thick bones and flesh. If multiple Megalodons were scavenging the same carcass, it’s possible they ...

However, several years ago, Shimada and some of his colleagues began to question the underlying assumption that megalodon looked like a huge great white shark. In reviewing a August 2022 paper, in ...