when did the great white shark first appear
The earliest-known fossils of the great white shark are about 16 million years old, during the mid-Miocene epoch.
Great white shark
The earliest-known fossils of the great white shark are about 16 million years old, during the mid-Miocene epoch
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Great white shark [SEP] Ancestry and fossil record
The earliest-known fossils of the great white shark are about 16 million years old, during the mid-Miocene epoch. However, the phylogeny of the great white is still in dispute. The original hypothesis for the great white's origins is that it shares a common ancestor with a prehistoric shark, such as the "O. megalodon". "O. megalodon" had teeth that were superficially not too dissimilar with those of great white sharks, but its teeth were far larger. Although cartilaginous skeletons do not fossilize, "O. megalodon" is estimated to have been considerably larger than the great white shark, estimated at up to .