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Fossil sharks
Author(s) -
DICK JOHN R.F.,
COATES M.I.,
ROLFE W.D.I.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2451.1986.tb01031.x
Subject(s) - geology , carboniferous , paleontology , structural basin
Sharks were around as early as the Silurian and were most abundant during the Carboniferous. During the Eocene, some of them were even larger than today's Great White Shark.