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portada MEGALODON (Otodus megalodon): Teeth, Fossils, and Raw Power - The Complete Natural History of Otodus megalodon, the Largest Apex Predator the Ocean Ever Produced
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English
Pages
284
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9798240849831

MEGALODON (Otodus megalodon): Teeth, Fossils, and Raw Power - The Complete Natural History of Otodus megalodon, the Largest Apex Predator the Ocean Ever Produced

Elmer, Henry P (Author) · Prehistoric Animal Book · Paperback

MEGALODON (Otodus megalodon): Teeth, Fossils, and Raw Power - The Complete Natural History of Otodus megalodon, the Largest Apex Predator the Ocean Ever Produced - Elmer, Henry P

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Synopsis "MEGALODON (Otodus megalodon): Teeth, Fossils, and Raw Power - The Complete Natural History of Otodus megalodon, the Largest Apex Predator the Ocean Ever Produced"

No predator in the fossil record captures the imagination quite like Otodus megalodon. Estimated to have reached lengths of up to sixty feet, with a bite force strong enough to crush the skeleton of a whale, megalodon dominated the world's oceans for more than fifteen million years, from the early Miocene until its extinction roughly three and a half million years ago. And yet almost everything known about this animal comes from teeth and vertebrae alone, since a cartilaginous skeleton rarely survives the fossilization process. Teeth, Fossils, and Raw Power draws on that fragmentary but extraordinary fossil record to reconstruct megalodon's biology, its likely size and diet, and its position at the very top of the ancient marine food chain. Henry P. Elmer walks through the history of fossil discovery, from the earliest teeth mistaken for dragon tongues in medieval Europe to the modern paleontological methods now used to estimate the shark's true dimensions. The book examines competing theories on megalodon's extinction, including climate change, the cooling of ocean temperatures, and competition from emerging predators such as the early ancestors of the modern great white shark. Beyond the science, the book explores why megalodon continues to grip the public imagination centuries after its disappearance, fueling documentaries, popular myths, and persistent claims that it might still survive in the ocean's depths. Elmer separates verified science from speculation, giving readers a clear picture of what is actually known, what remains uncertain, and why megalodon still matters to the study of marine ecosystems today. Written in a narrative style accessible to general readers as well as students of paleontology and marine biology, this book offers a complete account of the ocean's greatest apex predator, grounded entirely in fossil evidence and scientific research.

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