extinct shark found and a fossils rear parts show legs.

Shark Species Thought to Be Extinct Found in Fish Market [Slide Show]

After more than a century, the smoothtooth blacktip shark has been rediscovered

By David Shiffman

After his 1902 trip to Yemen, scholar and naturalist Wilhelm Hein returned with a variety of plants and animals, which he donated to the Vienna Museum. One of these specimens, a shark, sat unnoticed for more than 80 years. In 1985 it was identified as the first (and only known) specimen of Carcharhinus leiodon, the smoothtooth blacktip shark. Because no others had ever been found by scientists, Alec Moore, regional vice chair of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Shark Specialist Group’s Indian Ocean group, says that “some suspected it might be extinct or not a valid species.”

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Tiktaalik: Iconic fossil's rear parts described

By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News

Scientists have finally managed to describe the back end of one of the key fossil finds of the past 10 years.Known as Tiktaalik, the 375-million-year-old creature is considered pivotal because it has many features that look half-way between fish and land animals. As such, it provides insight into life's evolutionary move from water into the terrestrial environment.The first specimens to be detailed only had foreparts, but the new fossils now show important rear elements.Chief among these, reported in the journal PNAS, is the pelvic bone and tail fin.

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new ancient shark discovered

Ancient nursery of bizarre spoon-billed sharks discovered

Stunningly preserved baby sharks with bizarre, long snouts — as well as egg cases from the same species — may be the oldest convincing evidence of an ancient shark nursery.The fossils date to about 310 million years ago. In unpublished work on egg casings found in Germany, paleontologists have inferred the presence of another ancient shark nursery that is 330 million years old, but "this is the first time we have eggs and fossilized hatchlings in the same place, proving it's a shark nursery," said study co-author Lauren Sallan, a paleontologist at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. The new research, detailed Tuesday (Jan. 7) in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, also revealed that even back then, the sharks, known as Bandringas, migrated to spawn. [8 Weird Facts About Sharks]
The study also revealed new details about the oddball creature's anatomy, including a long snout studded with electrical receptors and spines on its head and cheeks.

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the colour of ancient sea creatures and long living marine predators

Colour of ancient sea creatures revealed

By Rebecca Morelle

The colour of sea creatures that lived millions of years ago has been revealed by scientists. Research suggests that three reptiles found in the ancient oceans were near-black. The international team has found melanin - the light-absorbing pigment that is responsible for colour - preserved in the animals' fossilised skin. The study is published in the journal Nature.The lead researcher Johan Lindgren, from Lund University in Sweden, said: "It's amazing. Suddenly we get this idea of the colour of animals swimming around millions of years ago."

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Does this mean sea serpents could be black? If they were descended  from ancient creatures perhaps.

Great white sharks 'live for 70 years'

By Jonathan Amos

Great white sharks live far longer than was previously thought.Using a new technique to age the tissues of these impressive creatures, scientists have identified a male great white that lived into its 70s. The researchers say the finding has important implications for the animals' protection.Knowing the longevity of a species, how fast it grows and when it reaches sexual maturity is vital information for designing conservation programmes."These creatures are amazing and it's fascinating to study them," said Li Ling Hamady, who is part of a joint programme between MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the US.

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If  large sea creatures live long lives then sea serpent reports from years ago may still be valid...the sea serpents could still be around . 

Nessie seen in Australia?

Loch Ness Monster Sighting In Australia

January 3, 2014

A few locals have reported sightings of the Loch Ness Monster by Magnetic Island. Many beach goers claim that they saw the curved neck that is known to represent the Loch Ness bobbing out of the water. They believe that it was either the animal, or a relative of some sort.
A man named Herron took a photograph of the creature, and reports that he wasn’t sure what it was, but it definitely could be the Loch Ness Monster.
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new deep sea creatures discovered

Deep sea creatures found off Rockall 'new to science'

Four animals previously unknown to science have been discovered in deep water off Scotland, the Scottish government has said. New species of large sea snail, clam and marine worm were found during surveys by Marine Scotland. The clams and worm were at a suspected cold seep, an area where hydrocarbons are released from the seabed. All were discovered around Rockall, the remains of a volcano 260 miles (418km) west of the Western Isles.If confirmed, the cold seep would be the first to be discovered near Rockall. Some types of commercial fishing could be banned in the area to protect the habitat.The new sea snail Volutopsius scotiae and clam Thyasira scotiae have been named after the research vessel MRV Scotia

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Carnivorous fish attack bathers in Argentina

A school of carnivorous fish related to the piranha has attacked bathers in an Argentine river, injuring about 70.Thousands of bathers were cooling off in the Parana River in Rosario, 300km (186 miles) north of Buenos Aires, on Christmas Day when the attack happened. Officials blamed the attack on the palometa fish, describing the event as "exceptional". Paramedics said dozens of people had their extremities attacked and some had lost digits.

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