Fossil extinct giant mako shark, Cosmopolitodus hastalis (Carcharodon plicatilis). These were a direct evolutionary ancestor to the great white shark

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Fossil extinct giant mako shark, Cosmopolitodus hastalis (Carcharodon plicatilis). These were a direct evolutionary ancestor to the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

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Size: 3044px × 4059px
Location: Ladner, Delta, British Columbia, Canada
Photo credit: © Ernest Cooper / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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