Megalodon may have been ‘even longer’ than we thought Think more lemon shark than great white. Andrew Paul Mar 9, 2025 7:01 PM EDT ...

But when it did arrive on the scene, about 15 million to 20 million years ago, the megalodon must have been an incredible sight. A fully grown individual weighed about 50 metric tons – that’s ...

Megalodon may have been up to 80 feet long, but the colossal extinct shark was also probably thinner than scientists previously thought, according to a new study.

Largest shark that ever lived: Scientists unlock mystery about the megalodon The monster shark, depicted in the 2018 sci-fi horror film ‘The Meg,’ dominated the ocean 3.5 million years ago.

Based on the average proportions of the three body parts relative to one another, it was estimated that the Belgian megalodon had a 1.8-m (5.9-ft)-long head and a 3.6-m (11.8-ft) tail, bringing ...

Based on one such spinal skeleton of the megalodon, a new study published in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica reports that the giant shark stretched 54 feet in length, or about the size of ...

What scientists understand about the voracious feeding habits of the colossal megalodon could be up for some revision. The prehistoric predator that went extinct about 3.6 million years ago was ...

Cooper concluded that a megalodon would have been a stocky, powerful shark—measuring some 52 feet (16 meters) in length with a body mass of 67.86 tons—able to execute bursts of high speed to ...

For example, a 24.3-meter-long O. megalodon would have weighed around 94 tons, and the cruising speed estimated from scale morphology was 2.1–3.5 kilometers (1.3–2.2 miles) per hour, which is ...

Scientifically known as Otodus megalodon, the Neogene-era shark is estimated to have reached lengths of 50 to 65 feet (15 to 20 meters) and once belonged to a lineage of sharks that evolved during ...

In this study, Megalodon teeth consistently showed some of the lowest δ⁶⁶Zn values across the entire fossil dataset, placing them at the very top of the marine food web.