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‘Strange’ shark fossils with wing-like fins from 93 million years ago found in Mexico, Science News

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[ad_1] Scientists recently found the complete fossil of a shark that used to rule the oceans about 93 million years ago. The findings based on the remains of a strange species of shark officially known as “Aquilolamna milarcae” were published in the journal Science on Thursday. Vertebrate paleontologist and lead …

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Cretaceous plankton-eating shark had long wing-shaped fins | Paleontology

[ad_1] A new species of shark with thin and hypertrophied pectoral fins has been identified from fossilized remains discovered in northern Mexico. Reconstruction of life of Aquilolamna milarcae. Image credit: Oscar Sanisidro. The recently identified species of shark, called Aquilolamna milarcae, swam in the oceans of the Upper Cretaceous, approximately …

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Researchers develop a digital model of the Antikythera mechanism

[ad_1] LONDON ENGLAND-Living science reports that researchers at University College London believe they have created a digital model of the complete Antikythera mechanism. An estimated one-third of the 2,100-year-old corroded brass device was discovered in 1900 in a Roman shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island of Antikythera. Its …

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Ethiopia’s Segenet Kelemu Among the Innovative Scientists You Need to Know About in Tadias Magazine

[ad_1] After watching a near-biblical swarm of locusts destroy crops in his Ethiopian village, Segenet Kelemu turned to science and changed the world. Segenet, who studied plant and genetic pathology at Montana State, Kansas State, and Cornell University in the US, now heads the International Center for Insect Physiology and …

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