Megalodon and Livyatan

Exploration · Neogene

Megalodon and Livyatan

Starting point · 9.9 Ma

An imaginative fossil-based reconstruction, not evidence of an encounter, coloration or exact relative sizes.

Peru's Pisco Formation preserves evidence of megalodon and the giant raptorial toothed whale Livyatan. Sharing a marine ecosystem does not prove direct combat. Begin with what teeth and skulls reveal.