A MEG-sized congrats to friends @CoastalPaleo, @tetrameryx and co. for excellent new study on the extinction of #Otodus #megalodon. Their analysis revises extinction timing (~3.6 Ma) and reveals a prime suspect: the great white shark! #fossilfriday
https://t.co/SJw38d0vFn https://t.co/pouJzUlCsg
Scientists suspect the megalodon was driven extinct cuz the great white shark, which is more than three times smaller, outcompeted it.
So the latest scientific theory is that it doesn't matter how big you are; it's how you use it.
https://t.co/DLseU4zKFn
Yes, "The Meg" is extinct:
The Early Pliocene extinction of the mega-toothed shark Otodus megalodon: a view from the eastern North Pacific
https://t.co/tj3XiESBGx