Prehistoric sharks book ?

[FranK-G]

did any one know a book (with info and images) with every species of prehistoric sharks ? I can't find any on amazon.... ! thanks guys !

Edited June 6, 2010 by FranK-G

[Invisigoth]

These are some good books with lots of great pictures and info on many prehistoric sharks.

[Abramelin]

did any one know a book (with info and images) with every species of prehistoric sharks ? I can't find any on amazon.... ! thanks guys !

Prehistoric Sharks

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Chapters: Megalodon, Cretoxyrhina, Carcharocles Angustidens, Cladoselache, Hybodus, Otodus, Xenacanthus, Stethacanthus, Squalicorax, Falcatus, Xenacanthida, Orthacanthus, Scapanorhynchus, Glikmanius, Cobelodus, Anomotodon, Tristychius, Akmonistion, Hybodontidae, Cladoselachidae, Erquitaia, Xenacanthidae, Stethacanthidae, Triodus, Physogaleus, Symmoriida, Symmoriidae, Wodnika, Sphenacanthus. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 92. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The megalodon (pronounced , "big tooth" in Greek, from and ) is an extinct megatoothed shark that existed in prehistoric times, from Oligocene to Pleistocene epoch, approximately 25 to 1.5 million years ago. Paleontological research indicates that C. megalodon is among the largest and most powerful macro-predatory fishes in vertebrate history. C. megalodon is principally known from partially preserved skeletal remains, which indicate a shark of gigantic proportions approaching a length of around 20.3 metres (67 ft). C. megalodon is widely regarded as the largest shark to have ever lived. After scrutiny of its remains, scientists have assigned C. megalodon to the order Lamniformes but its phylogeny is disputed. Scientists suggest that C. megalodon looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, in life. Fossil evidence confirms that C. megalodon had a cosmopolitan distribution. C. megalodon was a super-predator, and bite marks on fossil bones of its victims indicate that it preyed upon large marine animals. The depiction of a shark's head by Nicolaus Steno in his work, The Head of a Shark Dissected.According to Renaissance accounts, large, triangular fossil teeth often found embedded in rocky formations were once believed to be petrified tongues, or glossopetrae, of the dragons and snakes. This ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=529138

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Edited January 27, 2011 by Abramelin