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Kenshu Shimada, Yuta Yamaoka, Yukito Kurihara, Yuji Takakuwa, Harry M. Maisch$suffix/text()$suffix/text(), Martin A. Becker, Robert A. Eagle & Michael L. Griffiths. (2023) Tessellated calcified cartilage and placoid scales of the Neogene megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), offer new insights into its biology and the evolution of regional endothermy and gigantism in the otodontid clade. Historical Biology 0:0, pages 1-15.
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Kenshu Shimada, Harry M. Maisch$suffix/text()$suffix/text(), Victor J. Perez, Martin A. Becker & Michael L. Griffiths. (2023) Revisiting body size trends and nursery areas of the Neogene megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), reveals Bergmann’s rule possibly enhanced its gigantism in cooler waters. Historical Biology 35:2, pages 208-217.
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Kenshu Shimada, Matthew F. Bonnan, Martin A. Becker & Michael L. Griffiths. (2021) Ontogenetic growth pattern of the extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon—implications for its reproductive biology, development, and life expectancy. Historical Biology 33:12, pages 3254-3259.
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Kenshu Shimada. (2021) The size of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), revisited. Historical Biology 33:7, pages 904-911.
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Harry M. MaischIVIV, Martin A. Becker & John A. ChamberlainJr.Jr.. (2018) Lamniform and Carcharhiniform Sharks from the Pungo River and Yorktown Formations (Miocene–Pliocene) of the Submerged Continental Shelf, Onslow Bay, North Carolina, USA. Copeia 106:2, pages 353-374.
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Humberto G. Ferrón. (2017) Regional endothermy as a trigger for gigantism in some extinct macropredatory sharks. PLOS ONE 12:9, pages e0185185.
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Alberto Collareta, Olivier Lambert, Walter Landini, Claudio Di Celma, Elisa Malinverno, Rafael Varas-Malca, Mario Urbina & Giovanni Bianucci. (2017) Did the giant extinct shark Carcharocles megalodon target small prey? Bite marks on marine mammal remains from the late Miocene of Peru. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 469, pages 84-91.
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