When Did Carcharocles megalodon Become Extinct? A New Analysis of the Fossil Record Object Details Author Pimiento, Catalina Clements, Christopher F. Citation Pimiento, Catalina and Clements, ...

6. Megalodon: The Quintessential Ocean Predator Carcharocles (Carcharodon) megalodon. Image by Gunnar Ries Amphibol, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Long before the great white shark, the oceans ...

She had found the tooth of a megalodon, an extinct species of giant mackerel shark that died off millions of years ago. “You get a little dirty sometimes, but that's okay!” she said.