"Living fossil" frilled shark

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"Living fossil" frilled shark

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1Taphophile13
Nov 11, 2017, 4:24 pm

Virtually unchanged since the age of the dinosaurs, frilled sharks are rarely seen. One was captured off the coast of Portugal.

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/dinosaur-era-shark-found-in-portugal/
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-41928537

2PhaedraB
Nov 11, 2017, 5:10 pm

That is a pretty impressive critter.

3timspalding
Nov 13, 2017, 12:35 am

I saw this. I love how they hide that it was perfectly well-known to science, and has been since 19c.