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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).
The terms can be used somewhat interchangeably, as all vulnerable species are threatened, all endangered species are vulnerable and threatened, and all critically endangered species are endangered, vulnerable and threatened. Threatened species are also referred to as a red-listed species, as they are listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened ...
2.1 Extinct species. 3 See also. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Etmopterus is a genus of lantern sharks in the squaliform family ...
Hemipristis (from Greek: ἡμι hēmi, 'half' and Greek: πρίστης prístēs 'saw') [2] is a genus of weasel sharks, family Hemigaleidae. It contains one extant species, the snaggletooth shark (H. elongata) and several extinct species. Hemipristis has two distinct types of teeth in each section of its jaw. The ones on the upper jaw act as ...
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 need him more than ever. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature reports 35% of all shark species are threatened with extinction. That number has grown nearly 50% in a decade ...
Ptychodus was a large shark, previously estimated at 10 meters (33 feet) long based on extrapolation from teeth. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] The subadult specimen with the largest vertebra showed that it could reach lengths of 4.3–7.07 m (14.1–23.2 ft), so a 10 m (33 ft) length is possible, but more analysis is required for verification.