Rare Large Shark Fossil

Shark Fossil

Undetermined shark species

Lebanon

Cretaceous

41 inches from nose to tail, 46 1/2 x 15 inches in matrix; framed to 51 x 21 1/2 inches.

Each prehistoric shark species is most often represented by a single specimen. With some few exceptions, Lebanese fossil sharks are small compared to current forms, typically having a maximum length of around 20 inches; the present specimen is twice that size.

PROVENANCE

Exhibited: Musée de Paléontologie Humaine, Paris, 2013; Institut Océanographique de Monaco, "Requins, au-delà du malentendu", June 2013 /June 2015.

LITERATURE

Mireille Gayet, Anne Belouze, Pierre Abi Saad, Les poissons fossiles. Edition Desiris, p. 59.