WHY DID MEGALODON GO EXTINCT? AN OCEAN IN CHANGE

For millions of years, Otodus megalodon occupied a formidable place in marine food webs. Its broad, serrated teeth could slice through flesh and leave deep marks in whale bones. Yet even this mighty predator eventually disappeared. Around 3.6 million years ago, the reliable fossil record of Megalodon comes to an end. What happened to a shark so well equipped to feed on other large animals?&

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