Fossil Shark 2

This well-preserved fossil is the only intact partial skull ever found of a white shark that lived 5 million years ago. The jaw, in this photo taken March 6, 2009, has 222 teeth intact, some in rows up to six teeth deep.

(Photo by: Jeff Gage, Florida Museum of Natural History)
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