Prehistoric Sharks Resurface After 325 Million Years: Scientists Stunned By The Discovery
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Prehistoric Sharks Resurface After 325 Million Years: Scientists Stunned By The Discovery
Inside the twisting tunnels of Mammoth Cave, the world’s largest cave system, scientists have uncovered fossilized remains of two ancient shark species that once prowled Earth’s waters some 325 million years ago. These newly identified fossils were found in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave as well as in northern Alabama, offering a rare glimpse into a world that existed long before dinosaurs ever appeared.
In the depths of Kentucky, walls and ceilings of Mammoth Cave function as natural cuts through an ancient seabed. Mammoth Cave fossils include teeth, thorns and even rare parts of shark cartilage, as well as corals, crenoids, brachiopods and molluscs. These limestone rocks formed during the Mississippi period, about 300...
Paleontologists have discovered the fossil remains of two previously unknown shark species that lived about 325 million years ago, revealing a glimpse into the ancient marine world from a time before dinosaurs.
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