Megalodon

Megalodon (/ˈmɛɡəloʊˌdɒn/ MEG-ə-lə-don, /ˈmeɪɡə-/ MAY-gə-; meaning "big tooth", from Ancient Greek: μέγας (megas) "big, mighty" and ὀδoύς (odoús), "tooth"—whose stem is odont-, as seen in the genitive case form ὀδόντος, odóntos) is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 23 to 2.6 million years ago, during the Cenozoic Era (early Miocene to end of Pliocene). The tooth of C. megalodon is the state fossil of North Carolina.

Megalodon

Megalodon (/ˈmɛɡəloʊˌdɒn/ MEG-ə-lə-don, /ˈmeɪɡə-/ MAY-gə-; meaning "big tooth", from Ancient Greek: μέγας (megas) "big, mighty" and ὀδoύς (odoús), "tooth"—whose stem is odont-, as seen in the genitive case form ὀδόντος, odóntos) is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 23 to 2.6 million years ago, during the Cenozoic Era (early Miocene to end of Pliocene). The tooth of C. megalodon is the state fossil of North Carolina.