Did you know sharks have been prowling the waterways of our planet for over 400 million years?

Did you know sharks have been prowling the waterways of our planet for over 400 million years? In this episode of "Tales of Ancient Life", Assistant Curator of Paleontology Dr. Adam Pritchard puts the spotlight on some of the shark species that existed 14 million years ago off the coast of what we now know as Virginia by highlighting fossilized shark teeth found at the Carmel Church Quarry in Caroline County, Virginia!

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