A 52-foot, life-size model of a Carcharocles megalodon shark is now on display in the National Museum of Natural History’s newly opened dining facilities. Erin I. Garcia de Jesus The Smithsonian ...

The megalodon, which went extinct millions of years ago, was the largest shark ever documented and one of the largest fish on record. The scientific name, Carcharocles megalodon, means "giant tooth." ...

Three tooth marks on the rib indicate the whale was once severely bitten by a strong-jawed animal. Judging by the 6-centimeter (2.4 inch) spacing between tooth marks, scientists believe the attacker ...

Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon) is the largest shark, at a magnificent maximum length of 18 meters (59 feet), to ever have dwelled in the oceans. We know primarily about Megalodon’s existence ...

“Carcharocles megalodon was once the most fearsome predator to reign the seas. This ancient shark lived roughly 23 to 3.6 million years ago in nearly every corner of the ocean.

The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. ... Carcharocles megalodon, which grew to the size of a school bus, is displayed at ...

The Carcharocles megalodon (or Otodus megalodon) shark was “once the most fearsome predator” in the ocean, according to the Smithsonian’s Ocean Portal. How big were megalodons exactly?

Carcharocles megalodon Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz, 1835) See more items in Paleogeneral Fishes Fish Taxonomic Paleobiology Taxonomy Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Pisces Chondrichthyes ...

The sharks we know today pale in comparison to Carcharocles megalodon.Reaching up to 50 feet long — five times larger than a great white shark — megalodon left behind teeth as big as a human ...

Carcharocles megalodon, probably the only animal on the list recognizable from the scientific name alone, is known simply as the megalodon.

Toothy clues: This extinct species (Carcharocles megalodon) left us a fossil record that consists mostly of isolated teeth – some of which are up to 7 inches long.