What shark was bigger than a megaladon?

Answer 1

The Megalodon is an extinct species of shark.The largest species of shark to have ever lived is thought to be the Megalodon. This species is now extinct. It is believed to have existed during the prehistoric era, and has not lived for millions of years. It is thought that this giant shark could measure up to 59 feet long (18 metres). Some cryptozoologists believe that this creature may still be alive today, living in very deep waters, but such claims have earned little credibility in the scientific world.

The name Megalodon comes from the Greek and means "big tooth". This name describes the large number and size of the fishes teeth. It is thought that the Megalodon had four different kinds of teeth, Anterior, Intermediate, Lateral and Posterior. Palaeontologists believe that its giant jaws would have contained around 250 teeth.

It was the apex predator of its time, this means that the adults were not preyed upon by other animals, as they were at the top of the food chain.

Fossil evidence suggests that the Megalodon would have fed upon many other animals, including early whales. It would have had a very large appetite due to its incredibly large size and would have needed to eat in large quantities in order to sustain itself.

The Megalodon was a pelagic fish and lived in all the oceans right around the world. It most likely lived in warm water regions, but as the oceans were a lot warmer during the ear that this shark was alive, its dependence on warm water would not have restricted its range. This idea is supported by the fossil records which indicate this species flourished all over the world.

As with all sharks, the Megalodon would have been an opportunistic predator. It may have also utilized an ambush technique while hunting in order to catch its prey. It is thought that the Megalodon would have attacked with a lot more power than that of a great white shark. It would have no qualms about focusing attacks on boner portions of its prey, a tactic that the great white shark usually avoids. The Megalodon would inflict as much damage as possible in the first attack and then circle around its prey waiting for it to weaken. This is the same method that a lot of carnivorous sharks use today.

There are multiple factors that contributied to Megaladon's extinction:

1. As the world got cooler, Megaladon's chief prey, whales, moved into the colder waters where the shark wouldn't survive for long.

2. Orcas (killer whales) developed, attacking Megaladon's prey as well as hunting the sharks themselves. A medalodon is a giant prehistoric extinct species of shark.

Answer 2

the megaladOn shark dOes nOt exist.

It is extinct, but sOme scientists have

cOme up with the theOry that sOme Of

tOday's Great White Sharks are actually

megaladOns because Of their great size

&+ weight.

Answer 3

It's spelled MEGALODON, but close. Megalodon was the largest shark ever to live, estimates being as low as 15 meters (longer than any other shark discovered) to as high as 20 meters. Either way, it was capable of taking down large whales (not neccessarily the blue/fin whale, but smaller whales wouldn't have been a problem). Megalodons DON'T look like giant great whites, by the way.

Answer 4

Yes. It is a prehistoric shark that lived (literally) a few billion years ago. It weighed about the same as three school buses. It jaw size was about three times as big as a great whites 0.o

There are rumors going on that there is still one in the world...

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The megalodon shark (C. megalodon) did not lived billions of years ago.

It appeared in the fossil registers about approximately 28 millions of years ago, during the late Oligocene, and the more recent fossil found is a tooth from the Calabrian stage of the Pleistocene epoch, only to 1.5 million years ago.

A blink of an eye, in geologic time scale...

Answer 5

The megalodon was an ancient predator, it no longer exists. The megalodon was famous for being a huge version of the great white, it would shoot up from beneath whales and kill them by breaking them, traveling at a great velocity.

I'd say it was the most dangerous shark that ever lived, but in the days of megalodon the world was warmer, as the world cooled down megalodon evolved smaller and smaller. Some believe that the megalodon disappeared, I believe that they are still here in a smaller form, the great white shark.

Answer 6

Megladon was a shark species, the largest known, but is now extinct.

Answer 7

Megaladon was a giant prehistoric shark.