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Fossil Shark

Educational resources on Fossil Shark

Fossil Shark or Hemipristis elongatus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A2bd+3bd+4bd. IUCN Profile of the Fossil Shark

Academic web links for the Fossil Shark.


Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Fossil ...
The fossil shark references web page lists scientific publications for those wishing to learn more about fossil sharks and fossil shark teeth.pdf files are available for some of these listed publications.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/fossils

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Fossil and ...
How can age of fossil shark teeth be determined? The best way to determine the age of fossil shark teeth is to determine the age of the sediments that the teeth were found in.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/fossils/fossil_modernsharkteeth.html

Fossil evidence
Nicholas Steno's anatomical drawing of an extant shark (left) and a fossil shark tooth (right). Steno made the leap and declared that the fossil teeth indeed came from the mouths
evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/lines_02

Lines of Evidence: Fossil Evidence
Nicholas Steno's anatomical drawing of an extant shark (left) and a fossil shark tooth (right). Steno made the leap and declared that the fossil teeth indeed came from the mouths
evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/lines/Ifossil_ev.shtml

Fossil Shark Teeth from the Pliocene of Florida
Fossil Shark Teeth from the Pliocene of Florida
people.uncw.edu/dockal/gly312/fossils/shark.htm

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Fossil Shark ...
Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department homepage. This page contains, educational sections about the biology, ecology and conservation of fishes and sharks. A rich
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/fossils/fossilsharklinks.html

University of Florida News - UF study: Preserved shark fossil adds ...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida study could help resolve a long-standing debate in shark paleontology: From which line of species did the modern great white shark
news.ufl.edu/2009/03/12/fossil-shark

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department: Shark Tooth ...
Key to the Common Genera of Neogene Shark Teeth (Glossary of fossil shark tooth-related terms) 1. a) teeth labio-lingually flattened..... 2
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/fossils/identificationguide.html

Fossil Record of the Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes: Fossil Record. Sharks and their kin are sometimes described as "living fossils," and they are indeed part of an ancient clade of vertebrates.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/basalfish/chondrofr.html

Helicoprion
Fossil shark skeletons, however, that were older than Helicoprion did have five gill slits. After resolving Vic’s final concern, Mary’s reconstruction was ready for our Ocean
paleobiology.si.edu/helicoprion/index.html







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