When did the megalodon exist?

Answer 1

The first fossil register of C. megalodon is from the Late Oligocene, Rupelian stage, about 28 My ago.

The last confirmed evidence of a living megalodon is a fossil tooth, dated aprox. 1.5 million years, during the Calabrian stage of the Pleistocene epoch, in the present Quaternary era.

This monstruous shark species (the largest shark paleontologists belive have ever existed in the oceans) was an extremely successful species, living as an apex predatorfor almost 30 million years, a very rare occurence in life evolution on Earth.

Species (either marine or dry land), in average, become extinct within 10 million years of its first appearance.

This is specially true when we are dealing with apex predators in the top of the food chain, which are usually more vulnerable to climate changes and food supply than other species.

Answer 2

Megalodon means "big tooth". The megalodon shark is said to have lived 28 million years ago and to have become extinct 1. 5 million years ago. They were a more stocky version of the great white shark.

Answer 3

The megalodon lived during the prehistoric times, between around 18 million and 1.5 million years ago.

Answer 4

Carcharodon Megalodon lived approxiamatley between 16 and 1.6 million years ago

Answer 5

1.2 Million years ago but it is still believed it could be lurking in the deeps.

Answer 6

The lifespan of Carcharodon megalodon is unknown. However, we do know that these huge sharks existed from 28 to 1.5 million years ago.

Answer 7

The megalodon shark lived on earth around 18 million years ago. It was on the earth until the time around 1.5 million years ago when it finally became extinct.

Answer 8

It lived in the Miocene period (20 mya).