Scientists hope that the fossils found will help researchers better understand the diversity of species that lived in the region in recent times.
A team of biologists from the Australian National Science Agency and CSIRO discovered an underwater shark necropolis while exploring the bottom of a marine park around the Cocos Islands. CNET writes about it.
In a small area of the marine park, scientists found about 750 different shark teeth. The remains belong not only to modern sharks, but also to their ancient thousand-year-old ancestors.
The Necropolis itself was discovered at a depth of just over five meters in the Indian Ocean. It is considered the largest “burial” of sharks of all time.
“In total, the Cocos Islands Marine Park covers an area of approximately 466 thousand square kilometers and is located to the west of Australia and Indonesia. Together with the Christmas Island Marine Park, it was created by the Australian government on March 20. It is amazing that the total area of these two marine parks is almost twice the size of the Great Barrier Reef Underwater Park.
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