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Greenland sharks have existed for hundreds of millions of years through their ancient lineage while Saturn’s iconic rings are believed to have formed far more recently, possibly only 10 to 100 million years ago.

That means sharks were already swimming in Earth’s oceans long before Saturn wore its most famous feature.

Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_shark

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

also "sharks" in the early part of the evolution are more closely related to chimaeras than to elasmobranchis(which are true sharks, rays, skates)

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)
[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Thanks for reminding me about the chimera I made in the mythical beast photoshop assignment for my desktop publishing class 20 years ago. Our teacher was annoyed because he liked mine better than the chimera he made (he was a great teacher).

I think I still have my Photoshop 2.0 disc around somewhere.