Fossil Shark – Fossildon

Fossil Shark Tooth in Matrix

raulcreativo — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 01:40:56 +0000

Isurus Xiphodon was a very active shark, with enormous strength and great speed. The shark could reach top speeds of more than 77 miles per hour which gives it the position of the fastest animal in the ocean. The secret of such power and speed was its perfect hydrodynamics, its powerful muscle mass, its tail fin in the shape of a crescent and the fact that it is homeothermic, which triples its muscular power, allowing it to also make sudden starts. This combination of strength and speed gives these animals the ability to jump very high out of the water.

Fossil Megalodon Shark Tooth

raulcreativo — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 17:45:53 +0000

Carcharocles Megalodon meaning “big tooth”, was a species of giant shark that lived at the Cenozoic age. It is characterized by being the terror of the seas and was a super predator of its time.

The ancient oceans had C. megalodon as their quintessential predator: huge from where you can see it, this animal was basically a white shark of very exaggerated size. The “megalodon” belongs to the superpredators where we can include the Mosasaurus, Pliosaurus etc, this means that it had no natural predators and was at the top of the food chain.

Fossil Megalodon Shark Tooth

raulcreativo — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 17:31:53 +0000

Carcharocles Megalodon meaning “big tooth”, was a species of giant shark that lived at the Cenozoic age. It is characterized by being the terror of the seas and was a super predator of its time.

Fossil Megalodon Shark Tooth

raulcreativo — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 17:14:31 +0000

Carcharocles Megalodon meaning “big tooth”, was a species of giant shark that lived at the Cenozoic age. It is characterized by being the terror of the seas and was a super predator of its time.

Fossil Shark Vertebra

raulcreativo — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 23:08:09 +0000

Otodus obliquus is an extinct mackerel shark which lived during the Paleocene epochs. The shark is known mainly from fossil teeth and occasionally, fossilized vertebral centra.

Like other elasmobranchs, the skeleton of Otodus was composed of cartilage and not bone, resulting in relatively few preserved skeletal structures. Teeth are common, and occasional vertebra well known, but to find an associated vertebral column is incredibly rare, bearing in mind the cartiliginous nature of the shark skeleton.

The fossils of Otodus indicate that it was a very large predatory shark, often reaching 9 metres (30 feet) in length. The shark was widespread, with remains discovered in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.

Fossil Whale Vertebra Megalodon

raulcreativo — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:43:41 +0000

Carcharocles Megalodon meaning “big tooth”, was a species of giant shark that lived at the Cenozoic age. It is characterized by being the terror of the seas and was a super predator of its time.

Fossil Shark Vertebra

raulcreativo — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:41:18 +0000

Otodus obliquus is an extinct mackerel shark which lived during the Paleocene epochs. The shark is known mainly from fossil teeth and occasionally, fossilized vertebral centra.

Fossil Shark Vertebra

raulcreativo — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:38:05 +0000

Otodus obliquus is an extinct mackerel shark which lived during the Paleocene epochs. The shark is known mainly from fossil teeth and occasionally, fossilized vertebral centra.

Fossil Shark Tooth

raulcreativo — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 22:51:10 +0000

Fossil Shark Tooth

raulcreativo — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:45:54 +0000

Carcharocles Megalodon meaning “big tooth”, was a species of giant shark that lived at the Cenozoic age. It is characterized by being the terror of the seas and was a super predator of its time.