The fossilized remains belong to Cosmopolitodus hastalis – an extinct mackerel shark closely related to the modern great ...

Sharks have large livers filled with low-density oils that also help with this. As well as being flexible, their skeletal structure helps give some species of shark a powerful bite. Their upper jaw is ...

But they do have a cartilage skeleton, a shark-like skull and jaw, and at least some shark-like teeth, which were often fused together.' By the middle of the Devonian (380 million years ago), the ...

Snapping turtle - Otic notch at back of skull allows anterior expansion of jaw muscles. ‘Modified anapsid’ condition increases power of bite. Holes arose in dermal roof, muscles pass through roof to ...

A 9-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark has been unearthed in Peru by paleontologists.Discovered ...

Researchers presented the ancient shark’s remains in several glass urns, including one containing a giant, sharp-toothed jaw. “There are not many complete (shark fossils ... In April 2024, researchers ...