5 Biggest Megalodon Enemies Ever Existed

5 Biggest Megalodon Enemies Ever Existed

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5 Biggest Megalodon Enemies Ever Existed
Reaching lengths of up to 60-70 feet and an estimated maximum weight of over 60 tons, the Megalodon
is the largest known predator in Earth’s history. During it’s time, it was considered the apex predator,
always on top of the food chain, never had to fear being attacked and eaten. But that doesn’t mean it
didn’t have any enemies. During the time when the meg roamed the seas, other large predators were
on the prowl as well. Today, we will be talking about 5 of the biggest megalodon enemies that existed. If
you are in to fantasy booking fights between animals, number one is for you. Stay tuned to find out
what animal could definitely go toe to toe, or rather fin to fin with the mighty meg.

Number 5. Brygmophyseter
Let’s start off this list with something small, if you could call this animal small. Brygmophyseter, known
as the biting sperm whale, is an extinct genus of toothed whale in the sperm whale family. We know of
this animal because of a single, nearly complete skeleton, which was dated to be around 14–15 million
years old. Based on this single fossil, this mammoth of a whale is estimated to be at least 23 feet long,
which is admittedly smaller than the gargantuan megalodon, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in
other things.
First, let’s discuss its weapons. The species was first described in 1994 by paleontologists Kiyoharu
Hirota and Lawrence Barnes. It had around 12, extremely strong enamel coated teeth in each jay which
were specifically designed to catch and hold on to slippery and struggling prey. Powering these set of
munchers was a skull 4.9 feet long. Its diet includes a variety of animals including other smaller whales,
seals, fish, cephalopods, and although no stomach remains have been found, probably small juvenile
megalodons as well.
Characteristic of sperm whales, it had a deep basin on the top of its skull, known as the supracranial
basin. Like in the modern sperm whale, this basin probably held the spermaceti organ, and so the whale
had biosonar capabilities. Scientists also believe that they traveled in pods, even hunting as a group like
modern killer whales.
It lived during the Langhian stage of the Miocene, the same time when the megalodon roamed the
oceans, so encounters between the two were extremely plausible. In fact, the possible meeting of the
two sea monsters was re-enacted in a History Channel show called Jurassic Fight Club. In that
hypothetical scenario, a pod of Brygmophyseters encountered one hungry megalodon. The fight was a
more one sided than I hoped, favoring the megalodon of course, but while a member of the pod fell
victim to the predator’s massive jaws, the rest of the pod were able to escape quickly.

Number 4. Ichthyosaurs
Ichthyosaurs are large, dolphin-like marine reptiles that thrived during much of the Mesozoic era. They
first appeared around 250 million years ago and at least one species survived until about 90 million
years ago into the Late Cretaceous, giving a high probability that they swam in the same waters as the
megalodon. They evolved from a group of unidentified land reptiles that returned to the sea, in a

development similar to how the mammalian land-dwelling ancestors of modern-day dolphins and
whales returned to the sea millions of years later.
Although reptiles, Ichthyosaurs resembled both modern fish and dolphins. Their limbs had been fully
transformed into flippers, which sometimes contained a very large number of digits and phalanges. At
least some species possessed a dorsal fin. Their heads were pointed, and the jaws often were equipped
with conical teeth that could help to catch smaller prey. Some species had larger, bladed teeth with
which they could attack large animals, which is the reason why they are on this list.
There are many species of ichthyosaurs, some small, some large. We’re going to focus on the largest of
the bunch which, incidentally, existed right about the same time as the megalodon. I’m talking about the
undisputed largest marine reptile to have ever lived, the shastasaurus, the largest of which is a
whopping 69 feet long.
Shastasaurus has one of the most specialized mouths of
It's theorized that megalodon preyed on shastasaurus, but probably just the smaller ones. Because a full
grown 70 foot shastasaur would definitely be more than a mouthful for the megalodon, even without
teeth.

Number 3. Ramphosuchus
Rhamphosuchus, or “Beak crocodile", is an extinct relative of the modern gharial and false gharial. It
inhabited what is now the Indian sub-continent in the Miocene and Pliocene. It is only known from
incomplete sets of fossils, mostly teeth and skulls

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