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nhm.ac.uk
Shark evolution: a 450 million year timeline | Natural History Museum
Sharks have an incredibly long ev<strong>olutionary history, evolving in the ancient seas before trees even existed © wildestanimals/Shutterstock ... Sharks have been around for hundreds of millions of years, appearing in the fossil record before trees even existed</strong>.
discoverwildlife.com
This prehistoric apex predator is older than trees, the Atlantic Ocean and even the North Star. A biologist explains why | Discover Wildlife
As a group, <strong>sharks emerged roughly 450 million years ago in the Late Ordovician, back when Earth was covered by a vast ocean known as Panthalassa. This not only makes sharks older than trees, which first appeared 385 million years ago</strong>, but older ...
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wowtoknow.com
Sharks Are Older Than Trees – By 100 Million Years | Wowtoknow
It sounds unbelievable, but it’s true: <strong>sharks predate trees by about 100 million years</strong>. ... Sharks have been around for a long time — roughly 450 million years, dating back to the Late Ordovician period.
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reddit.com
r/Paleontology on Reddit: Are Sharks actually older than trees?
<strong>Trees, on the other hand, first appeared in the Devonian period, about 385 million years ago</strong>. However, if we specifically focus on the modern group of sharks (Selachimorpha), their oldest fossils are from the Permian period, which started around ...
iflscience.com
Sharks Are 450 Million Years Old, Meaning They Were Here Before Trees | IFLScience
<strong>Sharks evolved around 450 million years ago</strong>, which means they’ve hitched a lift on planet Earth around the galaxy twice. If that’s not yet given you a fact-induced headache, it may tip you over to hear that it also means sharks were on Earth ...
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sharks inhabited the planet even before trees? - Times of India
The first appearance of the sharks Halfway through the Devonian (380 million years ago), the genus Antarctilamna had evolved, something more akin to an eel than a shark. It was around this time that Cladoselache also developed. This is the first group that we could classify as sharks, although it might well have been a part of the chimaera branch, so, technically, not a shark.
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