GUWAHATI: Evidence suggesting that Northeast India was once part of a vast ocean has gone missing. A partially fossilized jaw ...

In the scorching desert of Peru’s Pisco Basin, a major fossil discovery has been made. Paleontologists have unearthed the ...

Overall, the fossil record and anatomical studies of baleen whales illustrate a complex evolutionary ... system using baleen plates instead of teeth. Archaeocetes: An extinct group of early ...

baleen in place of teeth for straining krill—present in cetaceans today. Thanks in large part to Philip Gingerich, the fossil record of whales now offers one of the most stunning demonstrations ...

A megalodon tooth fossil in the National Museum of Natural ... predator with the right shape to fit its lifestyle chasing whales. Where great whites have incredible girth, megalodon is more ...

Whale sharks have 300 rows of teeth that are less than six millimetres long ... When these minerals reach the tooth, a chemical reaction takes place, which slowly turns the tooth into a fossil.’ The ...

Almost all fossil remains of megalodon are teeth. Sharks continually produce teeth throughout their entire lives ... protecting them from predators that were lurking in the open water, like the larger ...

For example, our knowledge of Megalodon's existence comes from the fossil record, which reveals teeth designed for hunting dolphins and whales. These teeth occur in the fossil record between 15 ...

AN INCREDIBLE nine million year old ancestor of the great white shark has been discovered in Peru. The 23ft long beast had ...

The fossils included whale bones, teeth from megalodon sharks, saber-toothed salmon, and other fish species. According to Dr. Wayne Bischoff from Envicom Corporation, the findings represent an ...

The teeth reached a length of 8.9 centimeters (3.5 inches) and were perfectly adapted for tearing through the flesh of its prey. The paleontological evidence suggests that this species inhabited the ...