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Otodus megalodon

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Otodus megalodon was a gigantic predatory shark that lived from the early Miocene to the Pliocene Epoch. It is considered one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in Earth’s history. Known primarily from its fossilized teeth and vertebrae, O. megalodon played a crucial ecological role as an apex predator in Cenozoic marine ecosystems before its extinction in the late Pliocene.

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  1. https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/otodus-megalodon/.
  2. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0111086.
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