A newly described fossil from northern Australia reveals an 8 meter mega-shark that hunted in the age of dinosaurs, long before the famous Megalodon ever evolved. By pushing the origin of giant ...

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New Jersey is known for many things: the Jersey Shore, Atlantic City and the Sopranos. But it’s now becoming known for something else — a hotbed of dinosaur activity. When an asteroid hit Mexico 66 ...

A newly examined prehistoric shark from the age of dinosaurs provides surprising insights into the early evolution of modern sharks. It cannot be confidently assigned to any shark order that exists ...

Louis Iocona has a passion for prehistoric pieces, like the tooth of a Squalicorax or "crow shark." "Even 60 million years later they're still razor sharp," he says. Iocona shares that enthusiasm ...