Megalodon evolved from its ancestor Otodus, a 10m long predatory shark from the Eocene which eventually became Megalodon. Megalodon had no descendants after it died out as it was a chronospecies. But Megalodon was most likely a lamnid shark. read more
Megalodon had no descendants after it died out as it was a chronospecies. But Megalodon was most likely a lamnid shark. It's closest (yet distant) relative with similar feeding habits and hunting would have to be the great white shark. read more
Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon), meaning "big tooth", is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 23 to 2.6 million years ago (mya), during the Early Miocene to the end of the Pliocene. read more