Ancient shark teeth named after SPACESHIPS from an 80s video game
An ancient species of shark measuring up to two feet (0.6 metres) long has been discovered in the same rock as the famed T-rex fossil Sue. The shark has been dubbed Galagadon nordquistae after its teeth were found to look like the mini spaceships in the game Galaga. Only the teeth of the animal remain in tact as the cartilaginous body of the ancient fish is far harder to preserve than bone. Its teeth were the size of a sand grain, about four-hundredths of an inch long (1 millimeter). It was found in the leftover two tons of rock from where Sue, the most complete and best-preserved T. Rex ever unearthed, was extricated in the 1990s.
Jan-21-2019, 19:31:41 GMT
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