A shark fossil that was discovered in New Mexico about seven years ago, initially coined "Godzilla Shark," has received an official formal name from a group of scientists, according to the Associated ...

The findings were published in a bulletin for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. The “Godzilla” shark has been named Dracopristis hoffmanorum, or Hoffman’s Dragon Shark. The shark ...

Researchers recently named a 6.7-foot “Godzilla Shark” with 12 rows of teeth that lived 300 million years ago a Dracopristis hoffmanorum, or Hoffman’s Dragon. Jesse Pruitt/New Mexico Department of ...

In this undated photo provided by John-Paul Hodnett are a row of teeth on the lower jaw of a 300-million-year-old shark species named this week following a nearly complete skeleton of the species in ...

In 2013, paleontologist John-Paul Hodnett stumbled upon a 300-million-year-old fossil near Albuquerque, New Mexico. The fossil revealed a complete skeleton of a 6.7-foot-long shark with powerful jaws ...

When you think of New Mexico wildlife, sharks aren’t typically where the mind wanders. But that’s exactly what one graduate found in the Manzano Mountains in 2013.Well, not an actual shark, but ...

Seven years after paleontologists excavated a monster shark species nicknamed the nearly seven foot sea creature that once ruled the prehistoric oceans finally has its formal name. The monster shark ...