New study rubbishes claim that Megalodon still roams the ocean
Daily MailIt is the largest shark ever to have lived, weighing 50 tonnes and measuring 18 feet long. The study may also one day help scientists better understand the potential widespread effects of losing the planet's top predators, said lead author Catalina Pimiento. 'I was drawn to the study of Carcharocles megalodon's extinction because it is fundamental to know when species became extinct to then begin to understand the causes and consequences of such an event,' said Pimiento, a doctoral candidate at the Florida Museum of Natural History on the UF campus. The slowly unraveling details of megalodon's extinction and various aspects of its natural history have consumed Pimiento's research for the past six years, including ongoing analysis of megalodon's body size and a 2010 PLOS ONE study that proposed Panama served as a nursery habitat for the species. For the new study, researchers used databases and scientific literature of the most recent megalodon records and calculated the extinction using a novel mathematical model proven reliable in recent experimental testing by study co-author Christopher F. Clements with the Institute of Evolutionary Biologyand Environmental Studies at the University of Zurich Vertebrate paleontologist Jorge Velez-Juarbe with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County said the study will not only serve as a key reference for debunking the myth that megalodon still exists, but its novel methods will influence the future of scientific research of extinct animals and plants.
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Megalodons were so big that even their babies could swallow humans
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Extinct megalodon shark was even bigger than previously thought
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Ocean scanner registers 50-foot ‘Megalodon’ shape in Atlantic
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Giant sharks once roamed the seas, feasting on huge meals
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Giant sharks once roamed the seas, feasting on huge meals
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Megalodon feasted on the noses of sperm whales
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Megalodons were oceans’ greatest ever apex predators, scientists say
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Megalodon may have been killed off by great white sharks, study suggests
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Gigantic Megalodon sharks grew to much larger sizes in cooler waters, new study suggests
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Megalodon may not have looked anything like a Great White shark, scientists say
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Megalodon extinction: Great whites may have wiped out the biggest shark that ever lived
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Megalodon: Mystery behind extinction of prehistoric 60ft shark may have been solved
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A new species of extinct shark is discovered: Prehistoric predator is related to the 60ft Megalodon
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Competition for food drove megalodon sharks to extinction 2 million years ago
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Six-inch long teeth of ancient Megalodon shark found on North Carolina beach
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