He said the salmon shark that was discovered was probably about 3 feet long and possibly 10 pounds. DuPont wrote in the blog that it would have been a great April Fool's joke.

A giant prehistoric salmon had large tusk-like spikes protruding out of its snout that could have "easily" killed a shark or other large marine animals, the lead author of a study told Newsweek.

This illustration shows how the two-inch-long, curved teeth may have protruded from the extinct salmon's face. Ray Troll. Between 5 million and 12 million years ago, enormous salmon swam through ...

An ancient aquatic giant was more of a watery warthog than a sabre-toothed salmon. Living over five million years ago, Oncorhynchus rastrosus has grabbed attention for its enormous size – measuring up ...

A great white shark can be more than 20 feet long. 2022 Just last month, Newsweek reported a North Carolina fossil hunter found several teeth from the megalodon .

The largest shark alive today, reaching up to 20 meters long, is the whale shark, a sedate filter feeder. As recently as 4 million years ago, however, sharks of that scale likely included the fast ...