Megalodon attack – bite marks indicate Megalodon had close packed, parallel rows of biting teeth.

Examining fossil Megalodon teeth shows common types of damage associated with predation. The photographs below show parallel rows of bite marks left in dislodged Megalodon teeth during feeding.

Many Megalodon teeth show evidence of bite marks, which are often attributed to a Megalodon biting its own lost tooth during a ‘feeding frenzy’, but cutting into a hard object which is not fixed or held in place is difficult to do.

A more likely scenario is a tooth becomes dislodged during the course of an attack and embedded in the prey animal’s bone or flesh. When the Megalodon is subsequently feeding on the prey animal, it bites its own tooth, which is held in place by the bone or flesh of the prey animal.

The parallel bite marks left on fossil Megalodon teeth suggest Megalodon had close packed, parallel rows of biting teeth.

As such, these teeth represent a classic example of predator/prey interaction.

Posted: 19 February 2014.