New research has upended the claim that there was a mass shark extinction 19 million years ago. Bull sharks, a member of the shark family that has been around for more than 400 million years, has defied all major mass extinction events.  (Dominik Radler/Zenger)
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Some-Fin Fishy About Those Figures: Claimed Extinction Of Ancient Sharks Never Happened, Says Study

Bitter academic row over widely followed claim that 90 percent of sharks died off 19 million years ago.
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