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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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