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Fossil sharks |
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| Authors: | JOHN R.F. DICK M.I. COATES W.D.I. ROLFE |
| Affiliation: | John R.F. Dick lectures at a College of Technology on Merseyside;M.I. Coates is a research student in zoology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne;W.D.I. Rolfe is Deputy Director of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University. |
| Abstract: | Sharks were around as early as the Silurian and were most abundant during the Carboniferous. During the Eocene, some of them were even larger than today's Great White Shark. |
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