megalodon

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The oldest fossil on record of a megalodon, 18 million years old, is the only bone in the skeleton: a tooth.

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  • Artist's depiction of a megalodon chasing two blue whales (image credit: Karen Carr, the Virginia Museum of Natural History) —  Museum Blogs
  • The Elasmobranchii also includes the infamous megalodon, thought to be the largest carnivorous fish ever to have existed. —  Museum Blogs
  • The megalodon was famed to reach lengths between 45 and 90 feet, dwarfing even today's most fearsome Great Whites. —  Museum Blogs
  • The oldest fossil on record of a megalodon, 18 million years old, is the only bone in the skeleton: a tooth. —  Museum Blogs
  • Carcharocles megalodon, popularly called "Megalodon." —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
 

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