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Did the Megalodon look like the great white sharks of today’s seas? For years, researchers have been wondering about the appearance of   this huge extinct shark that lived about 15-3.6 million years ago, and finally the answer seems to have been found. A new scientific study, in which Dr Alberto Collareta, a palaeontologist at the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Pisa, took part, has shown that the giant shark known by the scientific name of Carcharocles megalodon (or Otodus megalodon) had a slimmer body than previous studies had suggested. “In science fiction novels and movies, the Megalodon is typically portrayed as a monstrous shark of titanic proportions," explains Dr Alberto Collareta, the only Italian member of the team of 26 international scientists, who took part in this research. “This is not surprising, since the maximum size of this shark, one of the largest marine predators that has ever existed, is now estimated at around 15-20 metres in total

Alberto collaretaDepartment of earth sciencesUniversity of pisaEarth sciences