Megalodon
Look at its streamlined body and rows of teeth. As its tail swishes, does it look like a giant submarine?
Preparing the Megalodon exhibit.

Look at its streamlined body and rows of teeth. As its tail swishes, does it look like a giant submarine?

Preparing the Megalodon exhibit.
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This is Megalodon, a giant prehistoric shark that once swam through warm seas around the world. Look at its streamlined body and rows of teeth. As its tail swishes, does it look like a giant submarine?
Classification used here: Prehistoric shark. Fossils assigned to Megalodon are known from Early Miocene to Early Pliocene (about 23 million to 3.6 million years ago) and have been found in Marine deposits around the world. The museum uses 15–18 m (about 49–59 ft) as the reference body length and describes the diet as meat-eater. Megalodon was an extinct lamniform shark, not a dinosaur or marine reptile. Shark skeletons are mostly cartilage and rarely fossilise as complete bodies, so scientists estimate its length, shape and appearance from teeth, a small number of vertebrae and living relatives. This model should not be treated as an exact scientific portrait.
Leon Made This compiled these research notes from public museum resources and scientific papers while preserving uncertainty in the reconstruction. Last reviewed 2026-08-07.
The code is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Original science writing and project artwork use CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 for non-commercial sharing. The brand policy prevents impersonation, and third-party assets keep their original licences.
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I’m Leon, a developer and a dad. When my daughter was three, dinosaur chases on television frightened her, so I made a 3D prehistoric animal museum where she could look quietly and listen only when she wanted to.
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