Otodus megalodon (Agassiz, 1843)
IRSNB P 09893
IG: 3121 Reg.: 5371
Age: Neogene, Cenozoïc
Locality: Antwerpen (Sand of Antwerp), Belgium
Description: skeleton (vertebrae and teeth)
UUID:https://darwin.naturalsciences.be/darwin/search/view/uuid/cb401ffd-7b21-41d0-add2-61a7f014c923
Publication:
- Leriche M., 1926. Les poissons néogènes de la Belgique. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, T.32, pp. 366-472. (pp. 412-422, not figured, named Carcharodon megalodon)
- Gottfried M. D. & al., 1996. Size and Skeletal Anatomy of the Giant "Megatooth" Shark Carcharodon megalodon. GREAT WHITE SHARKS. The Biology of Carcharodon carcharias, pp. 55-65 (pp. 63, Fig. 6, named Carcharocles megalodon)
- Shimada & al., 2020. Ontogenetic growth pattern of the extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon—implications for its reproductive biology, development, and life expectancy. Historical Biology - An International Journal of Paleobiology (doi: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1861608), pp. 7 (pp. 3, Fig. 7)
- Sternes P. C. & al., 2024. White shark comparison reveals a slender body for the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae). Palaeontologia Electronica, Vol. 27(1), pp. 20 (pp. 5, not figured)
Pre-release:
- Jaw-dropping Research Reveals Megalodon Mysteries (Stockton University, 17/02/2021, Susan Allen )