LAS VEGAS - SEPTEMBER 30: One of the world's largest set of shark jaws comprised of about 180 fossil teeth from the prehistoric species, Carcharocles megalodon, which grew to the size of a school bus, ...

Well, there’s only fossil records to go off, but scientists have some ideas. According to a Smithsonian report on the carcharocles megalodon: “ Carcharocles megalodon was once the most fearsome ...

Its scientific name is Carcharocles megalodon, which means “glorious shark, big tooth.” The largest recorded megalodon teeth are more than 7 inches long. Tooth size is related to the estimated overall ...

Florida archaeologists recently discovered several complete skeletons of an extinct species of elephants called gomphothere, marking a historic find at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s ...

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A young boy has found an enormous tooth from a prehistoric shark in South Carolina. The boy was taking part in a fossil hunting trip in Summerville hosted by Palmetto Fossil Excursions (PFE) when he ...

NEWPORT, N.C. (WNCN) — Christian Corbitt, the founder of Apex Fossils and owner of Encounter Scuba discovered a nearly 6-inch fossilized Megalodon tooth 35 miles off the coast of Wilmington, North ...