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Megalodon

Hi, As far I known, exists a wide range in the estimates of the length of C. megalodon. Pimiento (2010) cites 16 meters, although in her latest work (2014) certainly says 18 m. Gotfried, Compagno & Bowman says 12 meters, so the estimates in the article could be put in the range of 12 to 18 meters.--Rextron (talk) 18:00, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

Hi, Well some corrections,

Pimiento 2010 precisely uses "more than 16 m" using as reference Gottfried et al. 1996.

Gottfried et al. 1996 have not estimated a 12 m figure but a conservative max size of 16 m, a max size of 17 m, and hypothetical maximum size of 20.2 m.

Pimiento's figure of 18 m in the 2014 paper is based on her 2013 paper where she collected additionnal C.megalodon specimens from the Gatun Formation, one being estimated at 17.9 m. Using Shimada's method, not Gottfried's.

Hence, I dont understand why the 14 m figure is used here since it does not exist as a precise figure in modern publication about C. megalodon.

It appears then,  based on the latest publications that the modern consensus of maximum size is 18 m, not 14-18 m.

None of the modern published methods suggest a maximum size figure of 14 m, nor in litterature, nor while applying them on teeth specimens from private collection.

So parcimony and respect of the published litterature suggests to me to not use that not referenced 14 m figure. Rather the latest by Pimiento.

Hmm, I'm sure to read in somewhere the estimate of 12 meters. But you have a point, you could put this in the discussion page of Megalodon, surely other editors could make clear this. Ah, and please don't forget to sign your messages, it helps to follow the conversations. --Rextron (talk) 08:20, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I've just seen that you already did this. Cheers, --Rextron (talk) 08:21, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

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Reversions at Megalodon

Your edit was reverted because the text was called effusive. Also, I reverted your second attempt because:

1. quotes like that should be marked and cited,
2. the paper cites 2 refs from 1996 for that exceptional statement… we'd need more than that, and
3. it is probably too wordy, whether or not it's accurate. Rhinopias (talk) 18:28, 8 March 2018 (UTC)