In 2013, paleontologist John-Paul Hodnett stumbled upon a 300-million-year-old fossil near Albuquerque, New Mexico. The fossil revealed a complete skeleton of a 6.7-foot-long shark with powerful jaws ...

The findings were published in a bulletin for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. The “Godzilla” shark has been named Dracopristis hoffmanorum, or Hoffman’s Dragon Shark. The shark ...

Researchers recently named a 6.7-foot “Godzilla Shark” with 12 rows of teeth that lived 300 million years ago a Dracopristis hoffmanorum, or Hoffman’s Dragon. Jesse Pruitt/New Mexico Department of ...

When you think of New Mexico wildlife, sharks aren’t typically where the mind wanders. But that’s exactly what one graduate found in the Manzano Mountains in 2013.Well, not an actual shark, but ...

According to J.P. Hodnett, the 300-million-year-old shark was an entirely new species. And not only is the ancient shark massive, but it also looks different than its contemporary counterparts. A few ...

In this undated photo provided by John-Paul Hodnett are a row of teeth on the lower jaw of a 300-million-year-old shark species named this week following a nearly complete skeleton of the species in ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A team of researchers from several institutions dubbed a 6.7-foot-long shark that lived 300 million years ago “Godzilla Shark” after discovering a fossilized skeleton in the ...

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A shark fossil that was discovered in New Mexico about seven years ago, initially coined "Godzilla Shark," has received an official formal name from a group of scientists, according to the Associated ...