New Mexico’s ‘Godzilla’ Shark Fossil Gets an Official Name
WEBApr 26, 2021 · When paleontologists from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science uncovered the fossil of a 6.7-foot-long shark in 2013, they began calling it “Godzilla.” The nickname fit the...
300 million-year-old 'Godzilla shark' identified as new species, …
WEBApr 22, 2021 · A 300 million-year-old shark relative, nicknamed the Godzilla shark after its discovery in 2013, has finally received a proper name after being classified as its own species.
300 million year 'Godzilla shark' first discovered in New Mexico
WEBApr 15, 2021 · A team of researchers has named a shark that lived 300 million years ago based on a skeleton that was found in the Manzano Mountains about 30 miles southwest of Albuquerque.
Dracopristis - Wikipedia
WEBDracopristis is an extinct genus of ctenacanth (a group of shark-like elasmobranchs) that lived around 307 million years ago, during the Pennsylvanian sub-period of the Carboniferous period. [1] The fish had 12 rows of short, squat teeth, and an array of spines on its dorsal fins. [2]
‘Godzilla’ shark discovered in New Mexico gets formal name
WEBApr 17, 2021 · Paleontologists say they have given a more formal name to the ancient shark fossil dubbed “Godzilla Shark” after it was discovered in New Mexico in 2013.
'Godzilla' shark discovered in New Mexico gets formal name - Phys.org
WEBApr 16, 2021 · He named the 6.7-foot (2 meter) monster Dracopristis hoffmanorum, or Hoffman's Dragon Shark, in honor of the New Mexico family that owns the land in the Manzano Mountains where the fossils...
‘Godzilla’ shark discovered in New Mexico gets formal name
WEBApr 17, 2021 · SANTA FE, N.M. — The 300 million-year-old shark’s teeth were the first sign that it might be a distinct species. The ancient chompers looked less like the spear-like rows of teeth of...
Scientists Have Named a 300-Million-Year-Old “Godzilla Shark” …
WEBApr 15, 2021 · The name Dracopristis hoffmanorum, or Hoffman’s Dragon Shark, is in recognition of some of its Godzilla-like traits (the largest fish found at the site so far and having big jaws and large spines), and honoring the Hoffman family, who owns the land where the shark fossil was collected.
Dracopristis hoffmanorum - ‘Godzilla Shark’: 300 Million-Year-Old ...
WEBA team of researchers from several institutions dubbed a 6.7-foot-long shark that lived 300 million years ago “Godzilla Shark” after discovering a fossilized skeleton in the Manzano Mountains about 30 miles southwest of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Researchers discovered a 300-million-year-old ‘Godzilla’ shark…
WEBApr 17, 2021 · Researchers discovered a 300-million-year-old ‘Godzilla’ shark. Now it has a name. With a dragon-like jawline and a 2.5-foot fin spines, this ancient water beast has a name to match its...
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