Wildlife officers in Ireland have uncovered fossilized shark teeth estimated at 330 million years old in the Burren limestone. The teeth, from Psephodus magnus, belong to an ancient group built for crushing prey rather than hunting like modern predators. The find underscores how citizen eyes can surface clues to Earth’s distant past—and the surprising diversity of Carboniferous sharks.
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