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megalodon

extinct species of shark
Taxon fossil_taxon Q163873
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Summary

megalodon is a fossil taxon[1]. megalodon ranks in the top 0.031% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29,398 views/month, #3 of 9,701).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: synonym[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Otodus[5]
  • Location of discovery: Europe[6], North America[7], Australian continent[8], Japan[9]
  • Taxon name: Carcharocles megalodon[10]
  • Commons category: Megalodon[11]
  • Start time: -23000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12]
  • End time: -2600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13]
  • Commons gallery: Otodus megalodon[14]
  • Original combination: Carcharodon megalodon[15]
  • Taxon synonym: Carcharodon megalodon[16]
  • Length: 25 m[17]

Body

Identifiers

megalodon's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8566942[18].

Why It Matters

megalodon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] megalodon is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Japan Meg 2: The Trench

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Amirani1746 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → VMNH megalodon.jpg, Carcharocles megalodon (Agassz, 1837) 1.jpg, Carcharodon megalodon P1060082.jpg +2
    Instance of → fossil taxon, synonym
    Taxon name → Carcharocles megalodon
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Guide leaflet (1901) (14581579228).jpg"
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