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  1. #Rays were more diverse 150 million years ago than previously thought
    phys.org/news/2024-03-rays-div

    Rostral and body shape analyses reveal cryptic diversity of Late #Jurassic #batomorphs (#Chondrichthyes, #Elasmobranchii) from Europe: Julia Türtscher et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10

    "They examined 52 #fossil rays from the #LateJurassic period. These rays are 150 million years old, from a time when Europe was largely covered by the sea, except for a few islands, comparable to today's Caribbean."

  2. Two #NewSpecies of #Carboniferous Ctenacanth Sharks Identified in the United States sci.news/paleontology/carbonif

    #Sharks in the dark: Paleontological resource inventory reveals multiple successive #Mississippian Subperiod cartilaginous #fish (#Chondrichthyes) assemblages within #MammothCave National Park escholarship.org/uc/item/9rz2v

    "The two new species of ctenacanth sharks, Troglocladodus trimblei and Glikmanius careforum, would have hunted the ancient near-shore habitats over 325 million years ago."