Megalodon teeth · Clues to diet and temperature

Exploration · Neogene

Megalodon teeth · Clues to diet and temperature

Pliocene fossils and modern analysis · Present-day North Carolina map

Interpretive megalodon tooth illustration · Not a particular analyzed specimen or a depiction of visible isotopes.

Starting with Pliocene fossil teeth from North Carolina, explore how isotopes help infer food-web position and body temperature. Zinc and temperature studies use different specimens and locality datasets.