Erin I. Garcia de Jesus The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s megalodon model is a 52-foot-long female based on a set of teeth discovered in the Bone Valley Formation in Florida.

The megalodon’s legendary big teeth — for which it’s named — likely came as a result of its gargantuan size rather than its changing dietary preferences as previously believed. (CN) — Revered among ...

Such teeth have been found in a variety of locations, including sandy beaches and sticking out of fossilized whale bones. But until now, no megalodon tooth has ever been found in the location ...

Wading in knee-deep waters, that's exactly what she found: a tooth belonging to the now-extinct Otodus megalodon shark species. A local marine museum's curator called it a "once-in-a-lifetime kind ...

A prehistoric food fight may have spelled the end for the megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived. A study of the ocean giant's fossil teeth suggests it had to compete for food with another ...

Without a complete megalodon skeleton to measure, these figures are based on tooth size. Megalodon teeth can reach 18 centimetres long. In fact, the word megalodon simply means 'large tooth'. These ...

Without a complete megalodon skeleton to measure, these figures are based on tooth size. Megalodon teeth can reach 18 centimetres long. In fact, the word megalodon simply means 'large tooth'. These ...

Most megalodon teeth collected in the ocean or from beaches are fossilized But this one never got buried by sand, so it only had a light mineral crust on it READ MORE: 13-year-old fossil hunter's ...

“Maintaining an energy level that would allow for megalodon’s elevated body temperature ... looked at fossilized teeth to determine that Megalodons swam hotter than previously assumed.

The Calvert Marine Museum this month unveiled a new exhibit featuring a never-before-seen set of teeth from an extinct megatooth shark known as megalodon. The 53 teeth from one individual shark ...