AN INCREDIBLE nine million year old ancestor of the great white shark has been discovered in Peru. The 23ft long beast had huge flesh-tearing teeth that ripped through its prey and could grow up ...

LIMA (Reuters) -Paleontologists in Peru on Monday unveiled the ... to be an ancestor of the great white shark. It is now extinct, but its teeth once spanned up to 8.9 cm (3.5 inches) in length ...

Peru surprised the scientific world by ... sharp-toothed jaw in one container and the spinal cord and teeth in others. “The shark's remains showed exceptional fossilization,” said César ...

It is now extinct, but its teeth once spanned up to 8.9 cm ... old fossil of a relative of the great white shark (not pictured), in Lima, Peru, on January 20, 2025. — Reuters "There are not ...

For comparison, the great white shark could grow teeth up to 2.9inches long ... 146 miles south of Lima in Peru's Pisco basin. Palaeontologist Mario Urbina said: "There are not many complete ...

Great White Shark's 9-Million-Year-Old Ancestor Found in Peru LIMA (Reuters ... It is now extinct, but its teeth once spanned up to 8.9 cm (3.5 inches) in length, while adults could grow to ...

LIMA – Paleontologists in Peru on Jan 20 unveiled a nine ... believed to be an ancestor of the great white shark. It is now extinct, but its teeth once spanned up to 8.9cm in length, while ...