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In a milestone decision in 2013, CITES prohibited international trade in the fins of the scalloped hammerhead (pictured) and four other shark species. [5] Shark species are increasingly becoming threatened because of commercial and recreational fishing pressures, the impact of non-shark fisheries on the seabed and shark prey species, and other ...
Cosmopolitodus is an extinct genus of mackerel shark that lived between thirty and one million years ago during the late Oligocene to the Early Pleistocene epochs.Its type species is Cosmopolitodus hastalis, the broad-tooth mako (other common names include the extinct giant mako and broad-tooth white shark).
Galeocerdo alabamensis is an extinct relative of the modern tiger shark. Nomenclature of this shark has been debated, and recent literature identified it more closely with the Physogaleus genus of prehistoric shark, rather than Galeocerdo. The classification of Physogaleus is known as tiger-like sharks while Galeocerdo refers to
Archaeolamna (from Greek arche which turned into archaeo and Lamna, an extinct shark genus) [1] is an extinct genus of mackerel sharks that lived during the Cretaceous.It contains three valid species (one with two subspecies) which have been found in Europe, North America, and Australia.
But many species of these aquatic apex predators are now in danger of dying out forever. Older than dinosaurs and trees, sharks have endured a lot throughout their 450 million years on Earth. They ...
The most widely known species still surviving is the frilled shark, known as a living fossil, along with the Southern African frilled shark, found along coastal areas of South Africa. Several extinct species are known. †Crassodontidanidae †Crassodontidanidae: 4 8 Extinct: Hexanchidae: Cow sharks: 3 extant 5 extinct 5 extant 31 extinct
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 ...