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300-Million-Year-Old "Godzilla Shark" Had 2.5ft-Long Spines, 12 Rows of Teeth


300-Million-Year-Old Godzilla Shark Had 2.5ft-Long Spines, 12 Rows of Teeth
Newsweek
2 hrs ago
Ed Browne
© Jesse Pruitt/New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
A computer-generated reconstruction of the shark based on fossils seen above it.
A shark that lived 300 million years ago has now been formally named by scientists after several years of research.
The shark was given the nickname Godzilla Shark when it was first discovered in 2013 via fossils found in the Manzano Mountains in New Mexico.
Based on these fossil records scientists think the shark was 6.7 feet long, had 12 rows of teeth contained in powerful jaws, and two large fin spines on its back measuring 2.5 feet. These features led scientists to give the shark its monstrous nickname. ....

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Fossil Friday: 300 million-year-old "Godzilla Shark" from New Mexico finally gets an official name