The Megalodon is DEFINITELY extinct and we should all probably accept that 🦈Prehistory in the Dark 🦈

Otodus megalodon is famous as one of the largest sharks in the history of life on Earth. They were massive beasts that regularly hunted down whales to feast on, and dwelled in the world's oceans for millions of years. However, due to a change in the climate and a lack of food sources, the Megs died out at the end of the Pliocene epoch.

All that said, rumors and theories abound about the possibility that the giant sharks may still be alive somewhere out in the vast ocean. Let's talk about why that is absolutely not the case.

"Megalodon (Otodus megalodon), meaning "big tooth", is an extinct species of mackerel shark that lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago (Mya), from the Early Miocene to the Pliocene epochs.[9] It was formerly thought to be a member of the family Lamnidae and a close relative of the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). However, it is now classified into the extinct family Otodontidae, which diverged from the great white shark during the Early Cretaceous. Its genus placement is still debated, with authors placing it in either Carcharocles, Megaselachus, Otodus, or Procarcharodon. This is because transitional fossils have been found showing that megalodon is the final chronospecies of a lineage of giant sharks originally of the genus Otodus which evolved during the Paleocene."

🦕 Further Reading 🦖
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalodon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otodontidae

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