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Stethacanthus is an extinct genus of shark-like cartilaginous fish which lived from the Late Devonian to Late Carboniferous epoch, dying out around 298.9 million years ago. Fossils have been found in Australia, Asia, Europe and North America.
An analysis of a partially complete tail fin fossil shows that Cretoxyrhina had a lunate (crescent-shaped) tail most similar with modern lamnid sharks, whale sharks, and basking sharks. The transition to tail vertebrae is estimated to be between the 140th and 160th vertebrae out of the total 230, resulting in a total tail vertebral count of 70 ...
United States v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins; Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: Full case name: United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Tai Loong Hong Marine Products, Limited, Claimant-Appellant v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins, Defendant-Appellant : Argued: May 14, 2007: Decided ...
Sharks could be facing extinction over the next couple of decades. Human interference is largely to blame for the species interference. Overfishing of sharks has increased as the global demand has ...
Steven C. Frucci (born 1966 in Brunswick, Georgia) is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Virginia, elected by the Senate and House of Delegates of Virginia to serve an 8-year term of office beginning March 16, 2024. [1] [2]
The fossils of Otodus sharks indicate that they were very large macro-predatory sharks. [7] The largest known teeth of O. obliquus measure about 104 millimetres (4.1 in) in height. [8] The vertebral centrum of this species are over 12.7 cm (5 inch) wide. [7] Scientists suggest that O. obliquus would have measured about 8–9 metres (26–30 ft ...
When my family moved from the suburbs of Maryland to a tiny Florida beach town six years ago, shark sightings were the last thing on my mind. Instead, my daydreams consisted of how great it would ...
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