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Megalodon is thought to have been the largest macropredatory shark that ever lived. "A C. megalodon about 16 meters long would have weighed about 48 metric tons (53 tons). A 17-meter (56-foot) C. megalodon would have weighed about 59 metric tons (65 tons), and a 20.3-meter (67 foot) monster would have topped off at 103 metric tons (114 tons)."
To call megalodon the largest fish to ever exist, we must default to the estimate of 82 feet, because the longest whale shark we know of was 61.7 feet. (That was not based on an estimate, either ...
The largest shark in the fossil record is the megalodon (Otodus megalodon), a colossal Neogene lamniform. The range of estimates of the maximum length for megalodon are from 17 to 20.3 m (56 to 67 ft), with a mass ranging from 65 to 114 short tons (59 to 103 t). It is also regarded as the largest macro-predatory fish ever.
Great hammerhead. The great hammerhead ( Sphyrna mokarran) is the largest species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae, attaining an average length of 4.6 m (15 ft) and reaching a maximum length of 6.2 m (20 ft). It is found in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, inhabiting coastal areas and the continental shelf.
A team of 26 scientist from around the world got involved in studying the Otodus megalodon, ... their find deosn’t de-throne the megalodon—the creature still represents one of the largest ...
The megalodon, “the largest shark ever to prowl the oceans and one of the largest fish on record,” went extinct millions of years ago, according to Live Science.
A giant shark, Otodus megalodon is by far the biggest mackerel shark ever known. Most estimates of megalodon's size extrapolate from teeth, with maximum length estimates up to 10.6–20 m (35–66 ft) [578] [579] [581] and average length estimates of 10.5 m (34 ft).
Sophia Cai stares at a prehistoric, 75-foot-long megalodon shark in 2018's "The Meg." The sci-fi action film is about a group of scientists who encounter the deadly shark while on a rescue mission ...