University of Florida doctoral candidate Catalina Pimiento, pictured here measuring a megalodon shark tooth at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, is lead author of a PLOS ONE study appearing online today (Oct. 22, 2014) establishing megalodon became extinct 2.6 million years ago.
Florida Museum of Natural History photo by Jeff Gage
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