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Megatooth Sharks were Opportunistic Supercarnivores, New Research Reveals


Paleontologists have analyzed the ratio of two different zinc isotopes in the dental enamel of 19 species from an Early Miocene marine ecosystem, including the megatooth sharks Otodus megalodon and Otodus chubutensis.

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