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What are the fossils found in the Philippines?
Some of the fossils found in the Philippines include the remains of the Homo luzonensis, a newly discovered human species, as well as fossils of prehistoric animals like Stegodon, a type of elephant, and various species of prehistoric rhinoceros, crocodiles, and turtles. The Philippines is also known for its rich marine fossil record, including ancient shark teeth and marine reptile fossils.
What size is the geographic range of the megalodon?
The geographic range of the megalodon, an extinct species of shark, was global, spanning oceans worldwide. Fossils of megalodon have been found in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, indicating a wide distribution during its existence.
What group are fossils never found in?
Fossils are never found in Igneous rocks
Are fossils found in sedimentary and metamorphic rocks?
no, fossils are found only in sedimentary rock.
Where cro-magnon fossils found?
Cro-magnon fossils mostly found around europe.
What is the Megalodons scientific name?
The scientific name for the megalodon is Carcharodon megalodon.
Did the carcharodon Megalodon ever live?
Yes
How many different Megalodon species is there?
There is only one known megalodon species, Carcharodon megalodon. Sometimes it is attributed to a different genus than Carcharodon, so megalodon is often simply called C. megalodon because both possible genera begin with the letter C.
What does the name megalodon mean?
Some say It was closer to the great white than the mako. Some say mako is closer. The people who think the Great White is closer to the Megalodon gave it carcharodon and others who say not Carcharocles. So it could be Carcharodon megalodon or Carcharocles megalodon.
Are Megalodon sharks bigger than dinosaurs?
I am assuming that "Carcairadon" refers to Carcharodon, as there is no such thing as Carcairadon.Megalodon and Carcharodon cannot be compared, largely because: a) Megalodon is a species of shark. Carcharodon is a genus of shark. A genus refers to a group of similar species.b) The Carcharodon genus contains just two species, Carcharodon carcharias (The Great White Shark) and Carcharodon megalodon, which is of course Megalodon.As for size, The Great White Shark can reach 6 metres (about 20 feet in length). Megalodon's size is disputed, but is generally thought to be at least 15 metres (50 feet).
How big in a megalodon mouth?
Archeologists have recovered up to 7 inch long Megalodon tooth fossils.
When was the megalodon shark caught or discovered?
Megalodon sharks are only known from fossilized teeth. Even before the Renaissance, megalodon teeth had been found, but they were believed to be the petrified tongues of dragons or snakes. In 1667, Danish naturalist Nicolaus Steno, recognized that they were shark teeth. He revealed his findings in a book called The Head of a Shark Dissected.
Where does it live the megalodon?
The megalodon was extinct 18 to 1.5 million years ago and it lives in all the oceans apart from the Arctic and the Antarctic. fossils are found worldwide.
What does a megladon tooth look like?
Exactly like the tooth of the great white shark, only much larger. Some found in Mesozoic deposits are 6 inches (15 cm) across the bottom. They are both species of the Genus Carcharodon. The Great White is Carcharodon carcharias, and the extinct Mesozoic monster was Carcharodon megalodon.
What is the Megalodons favorite food?
Evidence suggest that Megalodon - Carcharodon megalodonpreyed on whales and large sea turtles.
Were megalodons real in the dinausour time?
Although there were sharks in the Mesozoic Era, Carcharodon megalodon was not one of them. C. megalodon lived during the Neogene Period, 40 million years after the dinosaurs went extinct.
What was the name of the prehistoric shark that lived in the great lakes and when did it go extinct?
The tooth of a megalodon, a prehistoric massive killer shark, was found in Michigan. Carcharodon megalodon, or the "megatooth" shark went extinct 2 million years ago. It reached lengths of more than 60 feet.
