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0 comments In 2013, paleontologist John-Paul Hodnett stumbled upon a 300-million-year-old fossil near Albuquerque, New Mexico. The fossil revealed a complete skeleton of a 6.7-foot-long shark with powerful jaws and long fin spines; an appearance that earned the creature the nickname, Godzilla shark. Now, finally—after eight years—the Godzilla shark has a real, taxonomic name. Although it’s not nearly as cool. Smithsonian Magazine reported on the official naming, which comes following years of work to clean and stabilize the fossil. The researchers, working at a lab at the New Mexico Mu...

300-Million-Year-Old Godzilla Shark Discovered in New Mexico Gets a New Name Fossils of the 6.7-foot-long monster were unearthed accidentally in 2013 when a team of researchers was studying rocks at the spot. By Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk | Updated: 19 April 2021 15:03 IST Photo Credit: New Mexico Culture Godzilla Shark is now known as Hoffman’s Dragon Shark Highlights Hodnett and his team found out that it was a new kind of shark They named it ‘Dracopristis Hoffmanorum' Godzilla Shark, a monster shark whose fossilised skeleton was discovered in New Me...

'Godzilla Shark,' the 300-million-year-old fossil discovered in New Mexico, gets an official name Taylor ArdreyApr 17, 2021, 21:51 IST In this undated photo provided by John-Paul Hodnett is a single tooth on the lower jaw of a 300-million-year-old shark species named this week following a nearly complete skeleton of the species in 2013 in New Mexico.John-Paul Hodnett via AP Scientists finally named an ancient shark fossil that was found in 2013, according to the AP. Once named, "Gorilla Shark," researchers renamed the 300 million old shark Dracopristis hoffmanorum. The shark was named after t...

Apr 17, 2021 12:02 AM EDT After years of study, scientists have now given a name to a shark that lived over 300 million years ago. (Photo : Images Courtesy of Byron Dilkes, Danah Divers) Great white shark the current apex marine predator Godzilla Shark (Photo : skeeze) When it was first discovered in 2013 by fossils found in the Manzano Mountains of New Mexico, the shark was assigned the moniker "Godzilla Shark." The name is the discovery's original nickname, inspired by the look its dragon-like jawline and fin spines resembling those of the kaiju Godzilla. The teeth of the 300-million-year-o...