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Seven Ancient Shark Species Identified in Egypt’s Abu‑Tartur Phosphate Beds

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Father and Son Pull 3.6‑Million‑Year‑Old Megalodon Tooth From Jersey Shore Jetty

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Lost Megalodon Vertebrae Confirm 24.3‑Metre Maximum Length

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Largest Whale Graveyard Found 7,000 Meters Beneath Indian Ocean

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Egypt Fossil Site Shows Modern Ocean Fishes Emerged Quickly After Dinosaur Extinction

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“Smiling” Holy Island Pebble Likely a 350-Million-Year-Old Crinoid Stem, Experts Say

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Mosasaurs Lived in Rivers Near the End of the Cretaceous, Isotope Study Finds

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Mosasaur Tooth Shows Bus-Sized Marine Reptiles Hunted in Cretaceous Rivers

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Scientists Name Salwasiren qatarensis From Qatar’s Densest Sea Cow Fossil Bed

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115-Million-Year-Old Australian Shark Fossils Push Back Onset of Giant Body Size in Modern Sharks

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New Study Recasts Dunkleosteus as Cartilage-Heavy, Shark-Like Oddball

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Decapitated Jurassic Fish Heads With Guts Intact Reveal Diet and Predators

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Science Study of Arctic Bonebed Reveals Rapid Post-Extinction Rise of Marine Tetrapod Ecosystems

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Paleontology

Seven Ancient Shark Species Identified in Egypt’s Abu‑Tartur Phosphate Beds

Father and Son Pull 3.6‑Million‑Year‑Old Megalodon Tooth From Jersey Shore Jetty

Lost Megalodon Vertebrae Confirm 24.3‑Metre Maximum Length

Largest Whale Graveyard Found 7,000 Meters Beneath Indian Ocean

Egypt Fossil Site Shows Modern Ocean Fishes Emerged Quickly After Dinosaur Extinction

Researchers Name Giant Mosasaur Tylosaurus Rex After Museum Re‑examination

Scientists Name Giant Texas Mosasaur Tylosaurus Rex

Giant Cretaceous Octopuses May Have Ruled the Seas, Science Study Finds

Giant Cretaceous Octopuses Identified From 27 Fossil Beaks

Famed ‘Oldest Octopus’ Fossil Reclassified as a Nautiloid

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“Smiling” Holy Island Pebble Likely a 350-Million-Year-Old Crinoid Stem, Experts Say

Mosasaurs Lived in Rivers Near the End of the Cretaceous, Isotope Study Finds

Mosasaur Tooth Shows Bus-Sized Marine Reptiles Hunted in Cretaceous Rivers

Scientists Name Salwasiren qatarensis From Qatar’s Densest Sea Cow Fossil Bed

115-Million-Year-Old Australian Shark Fossils Push Back Onset of Giant Body Size in Modern Sharks

New Study Recasts Dunkleosteus as Cartilage-Heavy, Shark-Like Oddball

Decapitated Jurassic Fish Heads With Guts Intact Reveal Diet and Predators

Science Study of Arctic Bonebed Reveals Rapid Post-Extinction Rise of Marine Tetrapod Ecosystems

Scientists Name Shark-Like Oligocene Whale Janjucetus dullardi

Scientists Name New Long-Necked Plesiosaur From Germany’s Jurassic Fossil Beds

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