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Crow shark fossil rediscovered

Adam Khor · 2019-07-20 21:36:43

There's some articles out there claiming it's a "giant" shark or even the largest shark fossil in the world which is definitely not true; it seems to be the largest and most complete of a Squalicorax, tho, but there's sources claiming that these Cretaceous sharks grew up to 5 meters long (maybe infered from isolated…

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Adam Khor

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There's some articles out there claiming it's a "giant" shark or even the largest shark fossil in the world which is definitely not true; it seems to be the largest and most complete of a Squalicorax, tho, but there's sources claiming that these Cretaceous sharks grew up to 5 meters long (maybe infered from isolated teeth?)

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/08/01/giant-shark-fossil-was-in-museums-storage-since-1975

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