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The Economic Times
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Scientists stunned after 330-million-year-old shark teeth emerge from Ireland's ancient limestone

Most of us scroll past shark content online without batting an eye, but two wildlife officers on a routine patrol in western Ireland recently stumbled upon something that stopped scientists in their tracks: fossilized shark teeth, buried in limestone, dating back 330 million years.

That’s older than the dinosaurs. Older than the first flower. Older even than most of the continent we stand on.

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