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Historical Biology
An International Journal of Paleobiology
Volume 33, 2021 - Issue 11
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Body, jaw, and dentition lengths of macrophagous lamniform sharks, and body size evolution in Lamniformes with special reference to ‘off-the-scale’ gigantism of the megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon

Kenshu Shimadaa Department of Environmental Science and Studies, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA;b Department of Biological Sciences, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA;c Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Martin A. Beckerd Department of Environmental Science, William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne, NJ, USAView further author information
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Michael L. Griffithsd Department of Environmental Science, William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne, NJ, USAView further author information
Pages 2543-2559 | Received 29 Jun 2020, Accepted 17 Aug 2020, Published online: 04 Oct 2020

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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. (2024) 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 36:7, pages 1259-1273.
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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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Phillip C. Sternes, Jake J. Wood & Kenshu Shimada. (2023) Body forms of extant lamniform sharks (Elasmobranchii: Lamniformes), and comments on the morphology of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon, and the evolution of lamniform thermophysiology. Historical Biology 35:1, pages 139-151.
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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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Daniel Pauly, Elaine Chu & Johannes Müller. (2024) Brobdingnagians and Goliaths: two forms of gigantism in fish. Journal of Fish Biology 104:6, pages 1709-1717.
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Nicholas D. Pyenson & Paul L. Koch. (2022) Oh, the shark has such teeth: Did megatooth sharks play a larger role in prehistoric food webs?. Science Advances 8:25.
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Emma R. Kast, Michael L. Griffiths, Sora L. Kim, Zixuan C. RaoKenshu Shimada, Martin A. Becker, Harry M. Maisch, Robert A. Eagle, Chelesia A. Clarke, Allison N. Neumann, Molly E. Karnes, Tina Lüdecke, Jennifer N. Leichliter, Alfredo Martínez-García, Alliya A. AkhtarXingchen T. WangGerald H. Haug & Daniel M. Sigman. (2022) Cenozoic megatooth sharks occupied extremely high trophic positions. Science Advances 8:25.
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Mohamad Bazzi, Benjamin P. Kear & Mikael Siversson. (2022) Southern higher-latitude lamniform sharks track mid-Cretaceous environmental change. Gondwana Research 103, pages 362-370.
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Sora L. Kim, Sarah S. Zeichner, Albert S. Colman, Howie D. Scher, Jürgen Kriwet, Thomas Mörs & Matthew Huber. (2020) Probing the Ecology and Climate of the Eocene Southern Ocean With Sand Tiger Sharks Striatolamia macrota . Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 35:12.
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Jose L. Herraiz, Joan Ribé, Héctor Botella, Carlos Martínez-Pérez & Humberto G. Ferrón. (2020) Use of nursery areas by the extinct megatooth shark Otodus megalodon (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes) . Biology Letters 16:11, pages 20200746.
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