Megalodon was Largest Shark that Ever Lived (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Megalodon was Largest Shark that Ever Lived

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Teeth are the only reliably identifiable fossils from Carcharocles megalodon, an extinct species of shark that lived about 23 to 3.6 million years ago.

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Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace

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