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How did megaladons get its name?

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The name means "Big Tooth."

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Are the megaladons extinct?

No because Megaladons were the top predator.


What is a megaladons main food?

Megaladons fed upon other animal like early whale.


Are megaladons extinct is there proof for the megaladons still please can you help me find out?

no one knows for sure


How did megaladons go extinct?

Climate change made food supply get too low to support such a large animal.


Who would win megalodon or sword fish?

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Where do megaladons live?

according to fossil records, megalodon fossils are found all over the world, back when it lived, megalodons lived in warm water


Do megaladons still ecxist?

No. They are extinct 1.5 million years ago.


What animals and plants lived in the neogene period?

Argentavis and Osteodontornis birds lived during this period along with crocodiles and evolving snakes and turtles. Whales started to evolve and megaladons ruled the food chain.


How big in a megalodon mouth?

Archeologists have recovered up to 7 inch long Megalodon tooth fossils.


Do megaladons still exists?

if megalodens still are alive that would be horrible but no one nos for sure there could be more animals that we have not discovered


Where did the megaladon live?

Brackish they live in brackish Brackish water is a mixture of salt a fresh water like for example the....... Chesapeake bay


Were megaladons ever real?

now or about 1.5 million years ago, some scientists say that there are megalodons still out there in the ocean, when others say that they died with the other dinosaurs. no body knows for sure but people know that they are real. P.S. the Megalodon was the prehistoric cousin of the great white shark, i could grow up the 20 meters and its prey was dolphins, sharks and other big sea creatures.