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On April 25, 1977, the Japanese trawler Zuiyō Maru, fishing east of Christchurch, New Zealand, caught a strange, unknown creature in the trawl.The crew was convinced it was an unidentified animal, [4] but despite the potential biological significance of the curious discovery, the captain, Akira Tanaka, decided to dump the carcass into the ocean again so not to risk spoiling the fish caught.
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.
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.
R. bracheri from the Early Miocene was one of the most widespread species, with fossil teeth known from the European Paratethys and from Japan. The last records of Rolfodon are indeterminate teeth from the Early Pliocene of Japan. [2] R. goliath, from the Late Campanian of Angola's southern Benguela Basin, could grow to very large sizes. [6]
Prehistoric shark stubs (113 P) Pages in category "Prehistoric sharks" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
A deep-water megamouth shark was captured near Shizuoka, Japan. Looking at its mouth, we have to say it was named quite appropriately. The shark measured 13 feet long and weighed nearly 1,500 pounds.
Synechodontiformes is an extinct order of prehistoric shark-like cartilaginous fish, known from the Permian to the Paleogene.They are considered to be members of Neoselachii, the group that contains modern sharks and rays.
The pieces are now reunited, creating a single 5.5-inch-long, 5.1-inch-wide tooth that came from one of the world’s most fearsome predators — a prehistoric shark that reached nearly 60 feet in ...