Reuters. Part of a 9-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark is on display after it was unveiled by paleontologists, in Lima, Peru January 20, 2025.

Peru surprised the scientific world by presenting a spectacular fossil of an extinct relative of the great white shark, approximately nine million years old, that once inhabited the waters of the ...

The shark is believed to be an ancestor of the great white shark. It is now extinct, but its teeth once spanned up to 8.9 cm (3.5 inches) in length, while adults could grow to near seven metres in ...

AN INCREDIBLE nine million year old ancestor of the great white shark has been discovered in Peru. The 23ft long beast had huge flesh-tearing teeth that ripped through its prey and could grow up ...

The great white shark is not simply a pygmy megatooth, and this makes the appearance and biology of our favorite prehistoric leviathan more enigmatic than ever. References: Ehret, D., Hubbell, G ...

Most ancient shark species are known only from teeth, but an analysis of C. hubbelli, also known as Hubbell's white shark, was based on a complete set of jaws with 222 intact teeth and 45 vertebrae.

Paleontologists in Peru on Monday unveiled the 9-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark that once inhabited the waters of the southern Pacific Ocean, where it liked to ...