Ancient Mega-Shark Unearthed In Texas

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A modern-day great white shark is dwarfed by the newly uncovered ancient shark. Sergey Uryadnikov/Shutterstock

Everything’s bigger in Texas, or so they say. This appears to extend to the ancient past too, as a new shark fossil has been found and it’s pretty huge. A mega-sized shark that swam around 300 million years ago was unearthed in what is modern-day Texas, and it’s way bigger than many sharks we see today. Earth’s largest shark, the Megalodon, could reach 18 meters (60 feet) in length before it became extinct 2.6 million years ago.