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English: Size comparison of Carcharodon carcharias (Great White Shark; Average size under 6 m and a largest size 6.4 m, possibly to over 8 m. [1]), Rhincodon typus (Whale shark; Average size between 9 - 10 m, some specimens over 12 m. A largest verified specimen is 12.65 m[2], however, several specimens over 18 m in length have been reported.[3])and Carcharodon megalodon (Average estimated adults size about 16 - 18 m, and a largest size of 20.3 m was extrapolated from ontogenetic trends of the great white shark by Gottfried et al. 1996. [4]) to a human Homo sapiens (180 cm). C. megalodon is only known from teeth and vertebrae, the silhouette shown here is speculative.

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  1. http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=fnam&id=973&menuentry=soorten
  2. https://books.google.com.tw/books?id=AWhFAQAAIAAJ&q=whale+shark&redir_esc=y&hl=zh-TW
  3. https://peerj.com/articles/715/
  4. GOTTFRIED, MICHAEL D.; COMPAGNO, LEONARD J.V.; BOWMAN, S. CURTIS (1996), “Size and Skeletal Anatomy of the Giant “Megatooth” Shark Carcharodon megalodon”, in Great White Sharks[1], Elsevier, ISBN 9780124150317, pages 55–66
Čeština: Porovnání velikosti megalodona se žralokem velrybím, bílým a člověkem
Deutsch: Megalodon (rot) mit einem Weißen Hai (grün) und einem Menschen (blau).
Français : Comparaison du mégalodon (en rouge) avec d'autres spécimens : mégalodon estimé à sa taille maximale possible (vingt), grand requin blanc (Carcharodon carcharias, en vert), requin-baleine (Rhincodron typus, en mauve). La silhouette humaine donne un rapport d'échelle.
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Source Own work derivitave from Misslelauncherexpert and Matt Martyniuk. Original: Image:Megalodon scale1.png, as well as Image:Rhtyp u0 white bg.gif, Image:Carcharodon carcharias01.jpg, and Image:Human.svg.
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