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This shark was identified as being either a Greenland shark or a Greenland/Pacific sleeper shark hybrid. This observation is notable for being the first possible record of a Greenland shark from the Western Caribbean , and being caught on a nearshore coral reef (the only other record of this species from the Caribbean was made from a deep-water ...
Only a single species, G. cuvier, the tiger shark, is extant. [1] The earliest fossils date back to the early Eocene epoch, ( Ypresian ), around 56–47.8 Million years ago. [ 2 ] While historically considered a member of the requiem shark family Carcharhinidae , it is currently considered to be the only member of the family Galeocerdonidae . [ 3 ]
Ptychodus (from Greek: πτυχή ptyche 'fold' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth') [1] is a genus of extinct large durophagous (shell-crushing) lamniform sharks from the Cretaceous period, spanning from the Albian to the Campanian. [2] Fossils of Ptychodus teeth are found in many Late Cretaceous marine sediments worldwide. [3]
However, since the sharks’ presence in the fossil record has mostly consisted of isolated teeth, scientists have been left to speculate on what the rest of this ancient predator looked like ...
Fossil hunters find different halves of same ancient shark tooth 4 weeks apart in SC Fossil of 94-million-year-old sea creature is unearthed in Utah. ‘Truly significant’
The fact that the bite marks were found on the tooth's roots further suggest that the shark broke the whale's jaw during the bite, suggesting the bite was extremely powerful. The fossil is also notable as it stands as the first known instance of an antagonistic interaction between a sperm whale and an otodontid shark recorded in the fossil record.
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The fact that the bite marks were found on the tooth's roots further suggest that the shark broke the whale's jaw during the bite, suggesting the bite was extremely powerful. The fossil is also notable as it stands as the first known instance of an antagonistic interaction between a sperm whale and an otodontid shark recorded in the fossil record.