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Galeocerdo clarkensis is an extinct relative of the modern tiger shark that lived in Eocene Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana. Fossils have also been found in Mississippi. Six collections of fossils are known. [1]
Galagadon (/ ɡ æ l ʌ ɡ ə d ɒ n /) is an extinct genus of small carpet shark that lived during the Late Cretaceous period. It contains one species, G. nordquistae. It was named after the video game Galaga due to a resemblance between its teeth and the spaceships in the game, [1] and Field Museum volunteer Karen Nordquist.
During the Paleocene, Georgia was home to foraminiferans, mollusks, and sea urchins. The mollusks were preserved as casts and the urchins left behind fossil spines that are found in the middle part of the state. [7] Eocene life in Georgia included pectens, oysters, and a wide variety of microscopic life. Sea urchins continued to persist in the ...
For 16 years, Jim Gelsleichter and his students surveyed the waters in southeastern Georgia and northeastern Florida to learn more about the sharks, rays and other related species in the region.
The behemoth clocked in at a whopping 6 1/6 inches in length—roughly the size of a human hand!
This list of the prehistoric life of Georgia (U.S. state) contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Georgia (U.S. state). Precambrian
The monstrous predator — which measured as long as a great white shark — belongs to a brand new species, according to a Dec. 12 University of Cincinnati news release.
This list of the Paleozoic life of Georgia contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Georgia and are between 541 and 252.17 million years of age.