Great white sharks may have contributed to megalodon extinction, study suggests

Great white sharks may have contributed to megalodon extinction, study suggests (MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology/PA)

Competition for food with the great white shark may have contributed to the extinction of the megalodon, one of the largest carnivores to have ever lived, new research suggests.

Megatooth sharks like Otodus megalodon, more commonly known as megalodon, lived between 23 and 3.6 million years ago in oceans around the world and possibly grew to as big as 20 metres in length.