{"id":412935,"date":"2022-03-07T03:00:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T00:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cooler-waters-created-super-sized-megalodon-latest-study-shows\/"},"modified":"2022-03-07T03:00:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T00:00:01","slug":"cooler-waters-created-super-sized-megalodon-latest-study-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cooler-waters-created-super-sized-megalodon-latest-study-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cooler waters created super-sized Megalodon, latest study shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ccbed2ee3a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ccbed2ee3a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cooler-waters-created-super-sized-megalodon-latest-study-shows\/#%E2%80%9CCooler_waters_created_super-sized_Megalodon_latest_study_shows%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Cooler waters created super-sized Megalodon, latest study shows&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCooler_waters_created_super-sized_Megalodon_latest_study_shows%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Cooler waters created super-sized Megalodon, latest study shows&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/cooler-waters-created.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/cooler-waters-created.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Schematic drawing showing the general body size pattern of the iconic extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon, using hypothetical silhouettes. Note the increase in body size towards cooler waters at higher latitudes. Credit: DePaul University\/Kenshu Shimada\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/cooler-waters-created.jpg\" alt=\"Cooler waters created super-sized Megalodon, latest study shows\" title=\"Schematic drawing showing the general body size pattern of the iconic extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon, using hypothetical silhouettes. Note the increase in body size towards cooler waters at higher latitudes. Credit: DePaul University\/Kenshu Shimada\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Schematic drawing showing the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> body size pattern of the iconic extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon, using hypothetical silhouettes. Note the increase in body size towards cooler waters at higher latitudes. Credit: DePaul University\/Kenshu Shimada<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A new study reveals that the iconic extinct Megalodon or megatooth shark grew to larger sizes in cooler environments than in warmer areas.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>DePaul University paleobiology professor Kenshu Shimada and coauthors take a renewed look through time and space at the body size patterns of Otodus megalodon, the fossil shark that lived nearly worldwide roughly 15 to 3.6 million years ago.  The new study <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears in the international journal <i>Historical Biology<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Otodus megalodon is commonly portrayed as a gigantic, monstrous shark in novels and films, such as the 2018 sci-fi thriller &#8220;The Meg.&#8221; In reality, this species is only known from teeth and vertebrae in the fossil record, although it is generally accepted scientifically that the species was indeed quite gigantic, growing to at least 50 feet (15 meters) and possibly as much as 65 feet (20 meters). The new study re-examined published records of geographic occurrences of Megalodon teeth along with their estimated total body lengths.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our findings suggest a previously unrecognized body size pattern for the fossil shark, notably following a geography-driven ecological pattern known as Bergmann&#8217;s rule,&#8221; said Shimada.<\/p>\n<p>Introduced by a German biologist Carl Bergmann in the mid-1800s, Bergmann&#8217;s rule is a broad generalization explaining that larger animals thrive in cooler climates because their size helps them retain heat more efficiently compared to animals with smaller bodies. &#8220;Scientists constantly search for rules of life that help us predict natural patterns, and it seems that Bergmann&#8217;s rule applied to Otodus megalodon,&#8221; noted coauthor Victor Perez, a paleontologist at the Calvert Marine Museum in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Some Megalodon sites were previously identified as possible nursery areas of the fossil shark because those sites yield smaller Megalodon teeth on average relative to other Megalodon localities. However, the new study found that the previously identified nursery areas for Megalodon are located near the equator, where water is warmer. &#8220;It is still possible that O. megalodon could have utilized nursery areas to raise young sharks. But our study shows that fossil localities consisting of smaller Megalodon teeth may instead be a product of individual sharks attaining smaller overall body sizes simply as a result of warmer water,&#8221; said coauthor Harry Maisch, a faculty member at Bergen Community College and Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The idea of this new study originated from casual conversation that took place during a recent fishing <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to the Florida Keys by the lead author, his family and me, stemming from a basic question: where do large fish live?&#8221; said coauthor Martin Becker, a professor of environmental <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> at William Paterson University in New Jersey. Despite being initiated by this simple question, &#8220;the results of this study have important implications for understanding how modern climate change is rapidly accelerating marine habitat shifts to more polar latitudes in apex predators such as sharks,&#8221; noted coauthor Michael Griffiths and another professor of environmental science at William Paterson University.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The main conclusion of this study is that not all geographically different Megalodon individuals grew to gigantic sizes equally. The common notion that the species reached 18\u201320 m TL should be applied primarily to populations that inhabited cooler environments,&#8221; said Shimada.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Body size of the extinct megalodon indeed off the charts in the shark world\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Revisiting body size trends and nursery areas of the Neogene megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae) reveals Bergmann&#8217;s rule possibly enhanced its gigantism in cooler waters, <i>Historical Biology<\/i>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1080\/08912963.2022.2032024\">DOI: 10.1080\/08912963.2022.2032024<\/a> , <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/08912963.2022.2032024\">www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/1 \u2026 8912963.2022.2032024<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    Taylor &amp; Francis<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"http:\/\/www.taylorandfrancis.com\/\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg>\n                                                            <use href=\"https:\/\/phys.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v6\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/>\n                                                        <\/svg><br \/>\n                                                    <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Cooler waters created super-sized Megalodon, latest study shows (2022, March  6)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved  7 March 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-03-cooler-super-sized-megalodon-latest.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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