Megalodon
Otodus megalodon
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Otodus megalodon
- Continent
- Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
- Group
- Fish
- Period
- Neogene
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- Large (9–20 m)
- Moves
- Swims
- Feature
- Nothing special
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- Megalodon means big tooth, and its biggest teeth were about 18 centimetres long.
- Its skeleton was made of cartilage, so almost all we have left are its teeth and a few backbones.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q163873 · All prehistoric life · All entries