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November 15, 2012

Great Whites Didn't Evolve from 'Megasharks'

Nick Crumpton, BBC News


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A new fossil discovery has helped quell 150 years of debate over the origin of great white sharks.

Carcharodon hubbelli, which has been described by US scientists, shows intermediate features between the present-day predators and smaller, prehistoric mako sharks.

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TAGGED: fossils, sharks, megalodon, Great White sharks

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