News tagged with shark teeth
Sea Life sharks help scientists probe mysteries of ancient seas
Sea Life Centre sharks are set to help University of Birmingham scientists unravel the mysteries of ancient seas. That will be the goal of a major research project announced as the centres prepare to host special Shark Weeks ...
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Mole rat dental structure similar to a shark
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sharks are capable of continually growing new teeth. As the teeth age, they fall out and new ones move forward similar to that of a tooth conveyor belt. Humans, and most mammals, on the other ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Jaws -- 4 million BC
It might sound like a mashup of monster movies, but palaeontologists have discovered evidence of how an extinct shark attacked its prey, reconstructing a killing that took place 4 million years ago.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 16, 2010 |
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Plesiosaur a victim of shark attack
(PhysOrg.com) -- An 85 million-year-old plesiosaur fossil has been found with over 80 shark's teeth, suggesting the animal was the victim of sharks in a feeding frenzy. The find is perhaps the most spectacular example of ...
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Oct 06, 2009 |
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Fossil bone bed helps reconstruct life along California's ancient coastline
In the famed Sharktooth Hill Bone Bed near Bakersfield, Calif., shark teeth as big as a hand and weighing a pound each, intermixed with copious bones from extinct seals and whales, seem to tell of a 15-million-year-old ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 08, 2009 |
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