with hypothetical silhouettes of the shark at birth and death (IMAGE)
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Identified annual growth bands in a vertebra of the extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon along with hypothetical silhouettes of the shark at birth and death, each compared with size of typical adult human. The vertebral specimen is housed in the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels
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DePaul University/Kenshu Shimada
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