microrobert
06-06-2015, 04:57 PM
Gigantic 20-Foot Shark Unearthed in Texas
http://images.natureworldnews.com/data/images/full/16251/shark.png
The top image shows the estimated body size of a shark fossil found in a 100-million-year-old deposit in Kansas. The middle shark represents the newest find in Texas, while the bottom shark is another known shark species that trawled the ancient oceans.
The fossilized remains of a gigantic, 20-foot shark - the size of a two-story building and over 100 million years old - have been unearthed in Texas.
Leptostyrax macrorhiza is believed to be among the biggest predators of its time, and pushes back scientists' notions of when such colossal predatory sharks evolved.
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/15033/20150605/gigantic-20-foot-shark-unearthed-in-texas.htm
http://images.natureworldnews.com/data/images/full/16251/shark.png
The top image shows the estimated body size of a shark fossil found in a 100-million-year-old deposit in Kansas. The middle shark represents the newest find in Texas, while the bottom shark is another known shark species that trawled the ancient oceans.
The fossilized remains of a gigantic, 20-foot shark - the size of a two-story building and over 100 million years old - have been unearthed in Texas.
Leptostyrax macrorhiza is believed to be among the biggest predators of its time, and pushes back scientists' notions of when such colossal predatory sharks evolved.
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/15033/20150605/gigantic-20-foot-shark-unearthed-in-texas.htm