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Sharklike Fish With Weird, Buzz-Saw Jaws Sliced Through the Seas, Then Vanished. Now, Paleontologists Are Unraveling Their Secrets

These "total monsters of fishes" are extinct today, though new clues about their lives come from CT scans and their closest ...
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15-Million-Year-Old New Species Fossil Has Experts Excited For An Unusual Reason

Paleontology is an exciting field, loved by many for its discoveries about past life on Earth. Fossils uncovered by paleontologists can provide clues about what extinct species looked like, how they ...