Before the famously huge megalodon, another fearsome ocean predator roamed the seas. According to a paper published earlier this year in Communications Biology, a massive shark that exceeded the size ...

Before whales, great whites, or the bus-sized megalodon prowled the seas, a colossal shark was already ruling Cretaceous waters off what’s now northern Australia. New research on a handful of ...

In the age of dinosaurs—before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon—a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what's now northern Australia, among the sea monsters of the Cretaceous period.

Shark skeletons are mostly cartilage, so most of what we find from ancient sharks is teeth. ©Nico Ott/Shutterstock.com In a stroke of paleontological luck, scientists recently returned to a set of ...

The discovery, which centers around vertebrae found on the coastline near Darwin, has unearthed a new chapter in shark history. These vertebrae, thought to belong to a massive predator, suggest the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — In the age of dinosaurs — before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon — a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what’s now northern Australia, among the sea ...

Long before whales, great white sharks, or the massive megalodon, enormous predatory sharks ruled the waters off what is now northern Australia during the Cretaceous period. Researchers examining ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — In the age of dinosaurs — before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon — a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what's now northern Australia, among the sea ...

A monstrous shark, predating whales, great whites, or even the bus-sized megalodon, once prowled the waters off what is now northern Australia during the Cretaceous period. Researchers, studying huge ...

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