the great white shark first appeared when it was about 16 million years old.
when did the great white shark first appear?
about 16 million years old
the earliest known fossils of the great white shark are about 16 million years old, during the mid-miocene epoch. however, the phylogeny of the great white is still in dispute. the original hypothesis for the great white's origins is that it shares a common ancestor with a prehistoric shark, such as the "c. megalodon". "c. megalodon" had teeth that were superficially not too dissimilar with those of great white sharks, but its teeth were far larger. although cartilaginous skeletons do not fossilize, "c. megalodon" is estimated to have been considerably larger than the great white shark, estimated at up to and . similarities among the physical remains and the extreme size of both the great white and "c. megalodon" led many scientists to believe these sharks were closely related, and the name "carcharodon megalodon" was applied to the latter. however, a new hypothesis proposes that the "c. megalodon" and the great white are distant relatives (albeit sharing the family lamnidae). the great white is also more closely related to an ancient mako shark, "isurus hastalis", than to the "c. megalodon", a theory that seems to be supported with the discovery of a complete set of jaws with 222 teeth and 45 vertebrae of the extinct transitional species "carcharodon hubbelli" in 1988 and published on 14 november 2012. in addition, the new hypothesis assigns "c. megalodon" to the genus "carcharocles", which also comprises the other megatoothed sharks; "otodus obliquus" is the ancient representative of the extinct "carcharocles" lineage.
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the great white shark or simply great white, formerly warren white, is a fictional comic book supervillain owned by dc comics who exists in that company's dc universe.





























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great white shark first appeared in "" #1 (july, 2003) and was created by dan slott and ryan sook.





























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