This shark has historically been known as the Broad-Toothed Mako Shark (Isurus hastalis). It was then reclassified as Cosmopolitodus hastalis, making it a type of extinct mackerel shark. From the Miocene period (5.3-23 million years ago), this is thought to be the ancestor of modern Great White Sharks. This specimen was found off the coast of Wilmington. NC.
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