Megashark Megadolon went extinct 2.6 million years ago.

UZH-researcher Chris Clements and his US-collegue Catalina Pimiento show in a recently in PLOSone published article that 20 meter long shark Megadolon went extinct 2.6 million years ago. Previous results had suggested a later extinct date.

For further reading see: www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0111086