However, fossils of megalodon teeth bearing bite marks from ... Lamniform sharks have an upper jaw that protrudes far beyond the lower jaw, making direct contact between upper and lower teeth ...

The fossilized remains belong to Cosmopolitodus hastalis – an extinct mackerel shark closely related to the modern great ...

It is estimated that its jaw would span 2.7 by 3.4 metres wide ... although they are extremely rare in the UK and tend to be of poor quality. Almost all fossil remains of megalodon are teeth. Sharks ...

The biggest indication that the fossil is forged are the teeth, says Sharpe. Each mosasaur tooth corresponds to a pit in the jaw. “Even if the fossil is very poor quality, you can still count ...

The megalodon lived in most parts of the ocean (except near the north and south pole). The most northern fossils are found off the coast of Denmark and the most southern in New Zealand.

Scientists have discovered that the long-extinct megalodon, also known as the megatooth shark, had a body temperature 7 degrees Celsius warmer than the surrounding seawater. This information might ...