Jun 4, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists in Japan have described a new species of shark-like cartilaginous fish based on the fossilized teeth from the Late Triassic Momonoki Formation. The...

Mar 27, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and elsewhere have found a partial body fossil...

Mar 1, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists from the University of Vienna and elsewhere have revised a controversial species of the elasmobranch Protospinax annectans based on new...

Feb 6, 2022 by News Staff

Otodus megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived on Earth, most certainly reached at least 15 m (50 feet) in total length based on its gigantic teeth....

Mar 19, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new species of shark with hypertrophied, slender pectoral fins has been identified from the fossilized remains discovered in northern Mexico. Life reconstruction...