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When Did Carcharocles megalodon Become Extinct? A New Analysis of the Fossil Record

Carcharocles megalodon (“Megalodon”) is the largest shark that ever lived. Based on its distribution, dental morphology, and associated fauna, it has been suggested that this species was a cosmopolitan apex predator that fed on marine mammals from the middle Miocene to the Pliocene (15.9–2.6 Ma). Pr...

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Autores principales: Pimiento, Catalina, Clements, Christopher F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25338197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0111086