Most sharks have about 3-5 rows of teeth at any time. The front set does most of the work. The first two rows are used for obtaining prey, the other rows rotate into place as they are needed. As teeth are lost, broken, or worn down, they are replaced by new teeth. Megalodon may have had hundreds of teeth at one time.
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The teeth of the megalodon are about 7 inches long.
Megalodon sharks are only known from fossilized teeth. Even before the Renaissance, megalodon teeth had been found, but they were believed to be the petrified tongues of dragons or snakes. In 1667, Danish naturalist Nicolaus Steno, recognized that they were shark teeth. He revealed his findings in a book called The Head of a Shark Dissected.
The megalodon is only known from fossilized teeth. They date from 25 to 2 million years ago. Megalodon died out during the early Quaternary period of the Cenozoic era.
Archeologists have recovered up to 7 inch long Megalodon tooth fossils.
megalodon
Megalodon is only known from fossilized teeth. For that reason, it is hard to estimate the size of megalodon, and it is a subject of debate for paleontologists. Estimates of the length of megalodon range from 48 to 90 ft. However, paleontologists commonly say that megalodon was 67 ft long.
Megalodon became extinct a little bit more than 2 million years ago.
4.5-6 inches tall. The largest was 7.37 inches tall!
No, many other organisms came before megalodon.
the Megalodon tooth diagonal length of over 0.170 metres
Megalodon sharks are only known from fossilized teeth. Even before the Renaissance, megalodon teeth had been found, but they were believed to be the petrified tongues of dragons or snakes. In 1667, Danish naturalist Nicolaus Steno recognized that they were shark teeth. He revealed his findings in a book called The Head of a Shark Dissected.