megalodon teeth and vertebrae were measured directly at the • When scaled to real size, the vertebral column is revealed to be • The completed model being larger than the CH-TL calculation is modelling has allowed palaeontologists to reconstruct entire bodies Royal Belgian Institution of Natural Sciences. [...] megalodon produced a stockier reconstruction than using only • In the case of the extinct giant shark, Otodus megalodon (Miocene- the vertebral column (~155 mm diameter for largest centrum). [...] • A CT scanned GWS skull from a previous study [8] was added to • Body mass of ~52 metric tons is consistent with previous suggestions the column, and the flesh was recreated with an octagonal hooping • 16 2D measurements previously estimated for an O. [...] megalodon (~15.93 m TL), with the GWS skull and the first section of the Equation [6] 12.103 (CH) + 2.160 vertebral column (IRSNB 3121) used to create the model included. [...] The size of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), • Jeanette Pirlo for obtaining the original CT scans of fossils revisited.
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