Extinct 12-Foot-Long Shark Is Related to Ginormous Megalodon

Monday, October 3, 2016 - 06:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

About 20 million years ago, a shark the size of a car swam along the ancient coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, hunting for medium-size fish with its pointy teeth, a new study finds. The predator is related to Earth's biggest shark, Megalodon.

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