The ratios of strontium isotopes in fossil shark teeth can be used to better understand how coastal environments evolved in ...

triangular teeth. ‘Sharks have been around for 420 million years,’ explains Emma Bernard, our Fossil Fish Curator. ‘In that time, there have been as many as 5,000 different species. One of the reasons ...

Emma Bernard, a curator of fossil fish at the Museum, says, 'Shark-like scales from the Late Ordovician have been found, but no teeth. If these were from sharks it would suggest that the earliest ...

Most of the shark’s skeleton was composed of cartilage, which rapidly decays and doesn’t leave behind fossils. Now, all that remains of the magnificent megalodon are teeth, vertebrae and ...

Join us as we embark on an exhilarating scuba diving adventure in a swampy river, searching for ancient shark teeth and other fascinating fossils ... these 3 important facts about Social Security ...

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 ...

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 ...

Discover how shark teeth can become fossils. Make your own shark tooth “fossil” out of clay. Program Leader: Victoria Panuccio, SOFO Environmental Educator This program is for adults, teens ...

Shark teeth are the most common fossil locally, Hoppe said, because these ancient sharks, like their modern equivalents, drop up to 10,000 teeth throughout their lifetimes. “I often get asked ...

MYRTLE BEACH — Charles Shelton Jr. never planned on becoming an expert in shark tooth hunting. A West Virginia native, he started hunting for the tiny dark triangular fossils when he was a ...