{"id":1026987,"date":"2026-08-27T07:41:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1026987\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T07:41:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:41:34","slug":"ancient-shark-graveyard-discovered-in-egypt-reveals-5-extinct-species-from-dinosaur-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1026987\/","title":{"rendered":"Ancient shark graveyard discovered in Egypt reveals 5 extinct species from dinosaur era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>THE TAKEAWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 safari:ml-6 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Five extinct shark species from the Cretaceous period were found in Egypt.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 safari:ml-6 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Researchers found 14 fossilized teeth.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 safari:ml-6 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Cretaceous period had sea levels ranging from 320 to 850 feet higher than today.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>EGYPT<\/strong> \u2013 Scientists have made a rare discovery in Egypt&#8217;s desert, uncovering a shark graveyard of now-extinct species left frozen in time, waiting to be found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Archaeologists in <a data-ylk=\"slk:Egypt&#039;s;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/search?q=egypt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Egypt&#8217;s<\/a> southwestern desert dug phosphate beds from the Duwi Formation, a Late Cretaceous deposit, and found a former tropical marine environment that preserved these fossils.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This <a data-ylk=\"slk:geological;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/geology\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">geological<\/a> dig site preserves marine vertebrates and fossils, allowing experts to connect certain physical attributes correctly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Ancient &#039;Lost World&#039; Could Rewrite History For How First Americans Arrived 13,000 Years Ago;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/rewriting-history-ancient-lost-world-first-americans-arrived-13000-years-ago\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ancient &#8216;Lost World&#8217; Could Rewrite History For How First Americans Arrived 13,000 Years Ago<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The result is a new assemblage of extinct lamniform sharks, some of which represent the first fossil record for Egypt and <a data-ylk=\"slk:Africa;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/africa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Africa<\/a>, according to Cretaceous Research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Within these phosphate beds, archaeologists uncovered five extinct shark species named Cretalamna cf. C. maroccana, Scapanorhynchus cf. S. raphiodon, Serratolamna cf. S. serrata, Squalicorax bassanii, and Squalicorax pristodontus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials also found 14 fossilized teeth belonging to the sharks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This was the Late Cretaceous period, when sea levels were much higher than today, ranging from around 320 to 850 feet higher than now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Evidence suggests life probably began in the <a data-ylk=\"slk:ocean;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/ocean\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ocean<\/a> at least 3.5 billion years ago, with the first organisms being single-celled microbes, and for 2.3 billion years, life consisted of only this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Watch: Sandbar Shark Swims Off Rhode Island Coast As Numbers Across New England Surge;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/video-sandbar-shark-spotted-rhode-island-coast-regional-surge\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Watch: Sandbar Shark Swims Off Rhode Island Coast As Numbers Across New England Surge<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Tourists ride camels in the desert outside the Giza pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital on March 13, 2020.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"593\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_weather_articles_483\/6b74c8efbd35474b235b64378b466f7c.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tourists ride camels in the desert outside the Giza pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital on March 13, 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Until around 1.2 billion years ago, when more complex multicellular organisms evolved, and since then, more life forms have appeared and evolved, but not continuously, as some don&#8217;t survive the changes of this <a data-ylk=\"slk:world;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/world\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:See It: Ancient Tomb And Artifacts Uncovered During Expansion Of Italian Pasta Factory;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/ancient-tomb-artifacts-expansion-pasta-factory-italy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>See It: Ancient Tomb And Artifacts Uncovered During Expansion Of Italian Pasta Factory<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Through further study and more discoveries in this region, officials hope to shed new light on the paleodiversity and secrets these <a data-ylk=\"slk:fossils;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/search?q=fossils\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">fossils<\/a> hide about various periods in time and the environment they inhabited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Original article source: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Ancient shark graveyard discovered in Egypt reveals 5 extinct species from dinosaur era;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/lifestyle\/shark-graveyard-uncovered-egypt-species-lost-time\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ancient shark graveyard discovered in Egypt reveals 5 extinct species from dinosaur era<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE TAKEAWAY Five extinct shark species from the Cretaceous period were found in Egypt. 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