All sharks have teeth, but what may surprise you is that they don’t all have sharp, triangular teeth. ‘Sharks have been around for 420 million years,’ explains Emma Bernard, our Fossil Fish Curator.
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 ...
Our first prehistoric hunt in a creek loaded with history! Fossils and shark teeth in every shovel full! Crazy fun hunt! Tons of great finds all older that megalodon! Alabama fossils and shark teeth!
This shark is believed to have been an ancestor of the famed great white. The fossil has shown that its teeth spanned up to an astonishing 8.9cm in length. For comparison, the great white shark ...
The 23ft long beast had huge flesh-tearing teeth that ripped through its prey and could grow up to the size of small boat. The fossil of the shark that roamed the seas millions of years ago was ...
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 ...
The fossil record of sharks, particularly the iconic megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon, provides valuable insights into the evolution, ecology, and physiology of these ancient predators.
That's tens of millions of years older than the better known—and monstrously large—megalodon shark. Fossil hunters discovered the tooth "eroding" from a block of sandstone on the fossil-rich ...