Fossil shark teeth are abundant and can date the past in a unique way
The ratios of strontium isotopes in fossil shark teeth can be used to better understand how coastal environments evolved in ...
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Megalodon May Be Extinct, but There’s a Life-size One at the Smithsonian
A fearsome killer C. megalodon, often called simply “megalodon,” is famous for its massive size and sharp teeth. Its name in Greek means “big-toothed glorious shark” – a fitting moniker ...
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Another 'one in a million find': 2nd great white shark tooth fossil found in Narragansett
NARRAGANSET – For the second time this year, a fossilized great white shark tooth has been found at Narragansett Town Beach, according to the Atlantic Shark Institute in Wakefield. Last summer ...
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‘Serrated blade’ stuck in rock on UK beach is ancient sea creature tooth, experts say
A “serrated blade” found sticking from a rock on Isle of Wight in the UK has been identified as a shark tooth that could be 100 million years old, experts say. Wight Coast Fossils photo A ...
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How Shark Tooth Forensics Connects Classrooms To Ancient Oceans
Shark tooth fossils in sandstone matrix, Lamna obliqua, Eocene Epoch (56 to 34 million years ago), ... [+] Morocco, (Specimen courtesy of Ron Stebler, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA), (Photo by Wild ...
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Incredible 23ft long 9-million-year-old ancestor of great white shark with huge flesh-tearing teeth discovered in Peru
AN INCREDIBLE nine million year old ancestor of the great white shark has been discovered in Peru. The 23ft long beast had huge flesh-tearing teeth that ripped through its prey and could grow up ...
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'Serrated blade' stuck in rock on UK beach is ancient sea creature tooth, experts say
A "serrated blade" found sticking from a rock in the United Kingdom has been identified as a "nearly perfect" prehistoric shark tooth, experts say. It belonged to a Squalicorax falcatus shark ...