Their bodies were different to other sharks of the time, but were perhaps perfectly adapted to speed through waters after prey. The Cladoselache was a genus shark species, known for their ...

This shark has 38 known species across the globe ... this is the second species recorded for this genus, with the first one cited in the Norwegian Sea at 1100 m back in 1881.

Ocean Census researchers also located the guitar shark, which belongs to a genus known as Rhinobatos, off the coast of Mozambique and Tanzania. Its shape is distinctive, and the animal displays ...

The coral is one of only five known species of this genus, and the first ever recorded ... “Every new species—whether a shark or a sponge—deepens our understanding of marine ecosystems ...

Because of that characteristic, the team said that these shark teeth belonged to the Palaeohypotodus genus, whose name means “ancient small-eared tooth.” They named the newfound species ...