Reuters. Part of a 9-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark is on display after it was unveiled by paleontologists, in Lima, Peru January 20, 2025.

The giant shark fossil is probably an ancestor of the great white shark, the large marine predator known for its aggressiveness. Sardines were present in the region more than 10 million years ago ...

Residues of diet in stomach of Great White Shark ancestor Cosmopolitodus hastalis roamed the oceans during the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, roughly 23 to 2.6 million years ago.

AN INCREDIBLE nine million year old ancestor of the great white shark has been discovered in Peru. The 23ft long beast had huge flesh-tearing teeth that ripped through its prey and could grow up to… ...

Most ancient shark species are known only from teeth, but an analysis of C. hubbelli, also known as Hubbell's white shark, was based on a complete set of jaws with 222 intact teeth and 45 vertebrae.

The great white shark is not simply a pygmy megatooth, and this makes the appearance and biology of our favorite prehistoric leviathan more enigmatic than ever. References: Ehret, D., Hubbell, G ...

Paleontologists in Peru on Monday unveiled the 9-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark that once inhabited the waters of the southern Pacific Ocean, where it liked to ...

LIMA (Reuters) -Paleontologists in Peru on Monday unveiled the 9-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark that once inhabited the waters of the southern Pacific Ocean, where ...