An illustration of the ancient shark Edestus heinrichi preying on a fish. Many ancient sharks had different jaws than modern sharks. Jesse Pruitt and Evelyn Vollmer, Idaho Virtualization Lab Imagine a ...

One of the most exciting things for any fossil lover is finding just that: a fossil! Shark teeth are often the only links we have to ancient sharks due to their cartilaginous skeletons not being able ...

With just two rows of teeth, Edestus slid its lower jaw to slice apart its prey. Idaho State University Modern sharks have impressive bites, with aquatic powerhouses such as the great white chomping ...

For years, a mysterious ancient "scissor-toothed" shark puzzled scientists with its odd-shaped jaw, causing many to wonder just how the "weird" creature's chompers worked. So, a group of researchers ...

A TERRIFYING dino-shark with fatal scissor teeth once ruled the sea shredding its prey into pieces. The edestus is thought to have roamed the seas with its scary jagged teeth and humongous 22ft build ...

About 310 million years ago some sharks had saws for jaws – and now we know how one of those sharks, called Edestus, fed. The “saw blade” in its lower jaw glided backwards and forwards like the blade ...

Paleontology collections are wonderful. Shelves and cabinets hold anywhere from thousands to hundreds of millions of years of life’s history, assembling giant ground sloths, Cambrian oddballs, ...

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A chilling artist's impression shows the beast's scary teeth A TERRIFYING dino-shark with fatal scissor teeth once ruled the sea shredding its prey into pieces. The edestus is thought to have roamed ...