A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists agree.

Without a complete megalodon skeleton to measure, these figures are based on tooth size. Megalodon teeth can reach 18 centimetres long. In fact, the word megalodon simply means 'large tooth'. These ...

Its name translates to “big tooth,” which is a fitting description considering the size of this prehistoric predator. Megalodon roamed the seas from approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago ...

"What sets our study apart from all previous papers on body size and shape estimates of O. megalodon is the use of a completely new approach that does not rely solely on the modern great white ...

In the new study, however, researchers examined megalodon fossils and compared them to over 150 living and extinct shark species to try to build an image of the size of the giant shark.