The timing of the extinction of Otodus megalodon is thought to be Pliocene, although reports of Pleistocene teeth fuel speculation that Otodus megalodon may still be extant. The extinct giant shark Otodus megalodon is the last member of the predatory megatoothed lineage and is reported from Neogene sediments from nearly all continents. ![]() The Early Pliocene extinction of the mega-toothed shark Otodus megalodon: a view from the eastern North Pacific. ![]() Cite this article Boessenecker RW, Ehret DJ, Long DJ, Churchill M, Martin E, Boessenecker SJ. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. Licence This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. 9 School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK DOI 10.7717/peerj.6088 Published Accepted Received Academic Editor Kenneth De Baets Subject Areas Evolutionary Studies, Paleontology Keywords Otodus megalodon, Otodus, Otodontidae, Extinction, Lamniformes, Miocene, Pliocene, California, Baja California, North Pacific Copyright © 2019 Boessenecker et al.
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