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150-million-year-old shark was one of the largest of its time

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2021-01-14

In a new study, an international research team led by Sebastian Stumpf from the University of Vienna describes an exceptionally well-preserved skeleton of the ancient shark Asteracanthus. This extremely rare fossil find comes from the famous Solnhofen limestones in Bavaria, which was formed in a tropical-subtropical lagoon landscape during the Late Jurassic, about 150 million years ago.

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https://phys.org/news/2021-01-million-year-old-shark-largest.html