A new ⁤species of shark, ‍which lived shortly after the mass extinction​ of the dinosaurs, was ⁤discovered by palaeontologist Jun‍ Ebersole⁤ when he came across a 100-year-old box of‍ teeth at the Geological Survey ​in Alabama, USA.

“After ⁣documenting hundreds of fossil fish species over the past decade, I was ⁢surprised to find⁢ teeth from a shark ⁣that I didn’t​ recognize,”‍ says Ebersole, Director of Collections at McWane Science Center in Birmingham, AL. He quickly realized that the teeth belonged to a new species.

The team, consisting of Ebersole, David Cicimurri