Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years and recent research on fossilized shark teeth has led to the ...

The fossilised teeth were found 100 years ago in Alabama but had remained hidden in a box in a collection until they were re-examined. The shark is a new species of Palaeohypotodus - meaning ...

Remarkably, fossil shark teeth are also incredibly abundant ... The Florida Museum of Natural History has a collection of more than 115,000 shark tooth specimens from Florida alone.

A megalodon tooth fossil in the National Museum of Natural History's collection was found in Beaufort ... tongue stones were in fact prehistoric shark teeth that belonged to something much bigger.

Shark teeth are especially valuable for this purpose ... a comprehensive lesson pack divided into a standardized data collection protocol and optional activities tailored to diverse learning ...

When you think about sharks, the first thing that might come to mind are huge jaws filled with rows of deadly-looking teeth. But shark teeth come in many shapes and sizes. They can tell us how these ...

Sharks and rays have populated the world's oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the species living ...

Emma Bernard, who curates the Museum's fossil fish collection (including fossil sharks ... These jaws were lined with 276 teeth, and studies reconstructing the shark's bite force suggest that it may ...

hooked teeth. The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek. In reality, these placid sharks, found the world over ...

using the lower teeth like a blade to tear off circular chunks of flesh. Smaller prey is eaten whole. This mysterious shark is not often seen by cameras: The first photograph of a live Greenland ...