The shark pictured here is not 80 million years old. The frilled shark is sometimes referred to as a "living fossil" because its lineage can be traced back approximately 80 million years. However, ...

The frilled shark, a living fossil from the Cretaceous period, boasts primitive features like an eel-like body and frilled gill slits. This deep-sea predator, rarely seen, offers insights into ...

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The frilled shark is basically a living dinosaur that’s been swimming around our oceans for 80 million years, and it looks so ancient and weird that scientists rightfully refer to it as a living ...