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9-Million-Year-Old Fossil Of Sea Giant Found In Remarkable Shape In The Peruvian Desert
A Peruvian desert is proving to be invaluable when it comes to marine fossils given its ability to keep them intact for ...
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Why A 9-Million-Year-Old Great White Shark Ancestor Was Found In A Desert—A Biologist Explains
It’s a narrative underscored by a recent discovery—that of a well-preserved 9-million-year-old fossil of Cosmopolitodus hastalis, an ancestor of the great white shark, in the Pisco Basin of Peru.
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Great white shark’s 9-million-year-old ancestor found in Peru
The nearly-complete Cosmopolitodus Hastalis fossil was found some 235 km (146 miles) south of Lima in Peru’s Pisco basin, a hot, desert area famed for frequent discoveries of ancient marine species.