Until now a new species of shark has been discovered by scientists when they found fossils that belonged to the extinct shark in California, North Carolina, Peru, and Japan.

Scientists gave the new species shark the name Megalolamna Paradoxodon which was estimated to be 12 feet long. These sharks were as large as modern day cars which puts into perspective of how large they actually were.

This prehistoric shark that once lived between in the deep around 20 million years ago show very few fossils that show that the Megalolamna Paradoxodon existed. Scientists have only found five teeth that are related to this enormous shark. The front teeth were meant for grabbing prey and the back teeth helped to slice the prey which made it able to kill anything in it’s path.

The shark mostly lived in shallow waters near the coast where it would be easier for them to trap and kill their food. Scientists assume this is where the sharks lived because of where the teeth were found. It allowed for the sharks to feed on medium size fish for an easy catch for food. These sharks would big a little bigger than today’s great white sharks.

The prehistoric teeth that scientist found helped them discover that this type of shark was in the same family as Otodontidae. It allowed them to realize that this shark is close cousin with the Megalodon shark which means that it should be placed in a genus called Otodus. However this means that the shark is in a whole new category of shark and should be referred to as Otodus Megalodon.