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Great white shark's 9-million-year-old ancestor found in Peru

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Nearly-complete Cosmopolitodus Hastalis fossil was found 235 km ( 146 miles ) south of Lima in Peru 's Pisco basin.

The shark is believed to be an ancestor of the great white shark.

It is now extinct, but its teeth once spanned up to 8.9 cm ( 3.5 inches ) in length, while adults could grow to near seven meters .

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