Thanks Tennessee Nana.
Posted on 08/09/2018 1:22:16 PM PDT by ETL
An Australian teacher and fossil enthusiast stumbled upon the finding of a lifetime when he uncovered a set of fossilized 3-inch teeth from an extinct shark, known as the great jagged narrow-toothed shark or Carcharocles angustidens.
Phillip Mullaly said that he couldn't believe what he saw, as he walked along Jan Juc, a beach town and well-known fossil site along Victoria’s Surf Coast in Australia.
“I was walking along the beach looking for fossils, turned and saw this shining glint in a boulder and saw a quarter of the tooth exposed," Mullaly said in a statement. "I was immediately excited, it was just perfect and I knew it was an important find that needed to be shared with people."
The teeth, which measure 7 centimeters (2.7 inches) long, belong to one of the largest ocean predators to ever live. Great Jagged Narrow-Toothed sharks grew up to and surpassed 30 feet in length, roaming the ancient seas.
Finding teeth are important for understanding how ancient sharks lived, as the majority of their bodies are made up of cartilage, which unlike bones, does not fossilize.
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For a more sober discussion of fossils etc., here is a thread. https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3677948/posts
sod;)
incorrectly labeled as a “set”.
Two of something is a “pair”.
Where’s Laz? He’s gotta check out this tooth.
Mrs. Ed...
Score!
So the monster sharks have been eating the Austrailian surfers for 25 million years!
Wow!
25 million years on a 6000 year old planet!
BARF!
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U got it!
They print this crap with a straight face too.
Uh, that would be, in this case, the study of ICKYology.
PING
Progressive found a Latin Flo ?
Thanks Tennessee Nana.
You need to adjust the shutter speed. The picture is overexposed and the highlights are washing out the rest of the scenery.
I saw the headline and wondered if this was a publicity stunt for the new shark sci fy movie. But those sure look like the real deal.
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