Prehistoric Shark Nursery Spawned Giants

[Judi Lynn]

Prehistoric Shark Nursery Spawned Giants
Michael Reilly, Discovery News

Sept. 29, 2009 -- The breeding ground of the world's largest, prehistoric predator has been discovered in Panama.

A super-sized version of the modern Great White Shark, Megalodon (Charcharocles megalodon) is estimated to have been 50 feet long. It ruled as the undisputed top predator in the ocean until 1.5 million years ago, leaving six-inch-long teeth littered around the globe like disposable razors.

It's a rare find. Paleontologists have uncovered only one other putative nursery for the ferocious beasts in what is today South Carolina.

On the shores of the Caribbean Sea in Panama, researchers have found a stash of much smaller teeth, most between about a half-inch and three inches long.

Led by Catalina Pimiento of the University of Florida in Gainesville, the team compared the fossils to other C. megalodon teeth and determined the teeth belonged almost exclusively to juvenile sharks.

More:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/09/29/megalodon-nursery.html

[Enthusiast]

1. Interesting article, Judi Lynn.

Thanks.

[byronius]

2. Off to the greatest.

[mrbarber]

3. Bah, Megalodon was a wuss compared to Predator X

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_X