Huge relatives of white sharks lived earlier than thought

Eight meter-long “megapredator” sharks patrolled Australian seas 115 million years ago

An illustration of an extinct mega shark that resembles a tiger shark

Eight-meter-long sharks (illustrated here) patrolled the sea that later became Darwin, Australia. The predators shared their ecosystem with huge reptilian marine reptiles such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs.

Pollyanna von Knorring

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