The shark is now extinct, but its teeth once reached up to 8.9 centimeters (3.5 inches) in length. Researchers presented the ancient shark's remains in several glass cases, including a giant ...
This includes one the most sought-after finds in the area: the tooth of a megalodon, the supersized ancient shark that stretched to nearly 70 feet long. Its teeth run from three to five inches.
In a separate discovery, paleontologists in Peru revealed the fossil of an ancient shark, Cosmopolitodus Hastalis, a relative of the great white shark, dating back 9 million years. This significant ...