Researchers have discovered a new-to-science species of ancient shark during an ongoing paleontological resource inventory at ...

A newly discovered fossil shark species found in Mammoth Cave National Park has been named after a Franklin resident, ...

The fossilized remains of a newly discovered ancient shark species found in the depths of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park reveal not the sharp, pointy gnashers you’d associate with Hollywood’s ...

In the depths of the world's longest cave, researchers have uncovered the fossilized remains of a 340-million-year-old shark.

An ongoing Paleontological Resource Inventory discovered the new species, called Clavusodens mcginnisi, while collecting fossil teeth deep inside a formation with the cave system.

The US National Park Service announced the identification of a new species of ancient shark, Clavusodens mcginnisi, discovered in Mammoth Cave National Park. The species name honors David McGinnis ...

Paleontologists at Mammoth Cave National Park have unearthed an ancient shark species previously unknown to science.

In fact, it was the shape of their back teeth that lent themselves to the shark’s name: Clavusodens mcginnisi, or “McGinnis’ nail tooth.” “McGinnis” was included in honor of David ...

Scientists have found ancient nail tooth shark fossils deep inside Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, revealing new information about ...