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Earliest Shark Scales

Appeared Before
Sharks
Sharks have changed little since they first became
widespread in the Devonian, yet their origins prior to the
Devonian are still shrouded in mystery. Shark scales can be
found as early as the the Ordovician[1] and early Silurian.
[2] This is problematic for two reasons. First, this extends
the sharks at least 30 million years back in time before they
became common; and second, sharks have jaws and teeth,
which apparently did not evolve until later.
A less problematic date for the arrival of sharks is the
late Silurian about 418 million years ago, since that is the
date of the oldest dental laminate.[3] The first fish with jaws
and teeth, the acanthodians, emerged about that time.[4] [5]
As such, the acanthodians are the presumed ancestor of all
fish with jaws. This includes sharks.
The question is, how can we explain early Silurian and
Ordovician reports of shark scales, when they predate the
arrival of the sharks presumed ancestors, the acanthodians?
If sharks came from acanthodians, and the acanthodians did
not arrive until 418 million years ago, then how do we
explain shark scales from more than 440 million years ago?
One possibility is that the scales belonged to various jawless
fish or conodonts. Certain jawless fish and conodonts had
scales that were very similar to shark scales.[6]
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Is it therefore possible that the sharks evolved from
FOSSIL
FRANKENSTEINS jawless fish and conodonts, not from acanthodians? If yes,

then we must consider the likelihood that jaws evolved twice

among fish, once among the acanthodians and again among
sharks. And how likely is it that these parallel evolutionary
events would have happened to coincide in the late Silurian?
If such a coincidence is considered improbable, then we
must maintain the conventional view that the sharks evolved
from the acanthodians. Yet if we maintain this view, then
how is it that shark scales resemble the scales of certain
jawless fish and conodonts?
One solution to this dilemma is the possibility that the
early sharks were frankensteins. Space alien angels

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combined the tooth and jaw DNA of the acanthodians with

the scale DNA of the jawless fish and conodonts, thereby
creating the sharks as hybrids. Click to read more about
fossil frankensteins.
The creationist narrative in Genesis 1 is contradicted by
many ancient Christian texts. Instead of an Almighty
Creator God, ancient Christian texts espouse that the
universe is born from blind arrogance and stupidity. The
angels caused evolution to occur from species to species.
There are many gods, (or aliens?), and the Christian God is
just one among them. Satan the Devil writes scripture, and
thus the Bible was polluted with Genesis 1. Archaeology and
modern scholarship demonstrate that Genesis is indeed
corrupted. Cavemen walk with Adam and Eve. Esoteric
prophecies reveal the coming of Christ, and also reveal the
dark forces that govern the cosmos. Such are the ancient
Christian writings.

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Science vindicates the truth of these ideas. Evolution often

happens too fast for Darwins theory. Gaps in the fossil
record indicate that some kind of unnatural force acts
together with natural selection. Astrobiology reveals that
intelligent life probably evolved long before us. The fossil
record reveals strange clues that aliens abducted species and
transported them across oceans, and that DNA from diverse
lineages was combined to spawn hybrid species. Evidently,
aliens influence evolution, and they are the gods of the
worlds religions.
This is not fiction. All these facts are thoroughly
documented in the links above.

[1] Sansom, I J; Smith, M M; Smith, M P. Scales of

Thelodont and Shark-like Fishes from the Ordovician of
Colorado. 1996, Nature 379, p 628-630
[2] Karatajute-Talimaa, V; Novitskaya, L I; Rozman, H S;
Sodov, Z. Mongolepis A New Lower Silurian Genus of
Elasmobranch from Mongolia. 1990, Paleontological Journal
1, p 76-86
[3] Botella, Hector. The Oldest Fossil Evidence of a Dental
Lamina in Sharks. 2006, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
26(4), p 1002-1003
[4] Burrow, Carole J. A Redescription of Atopacanthus
Dentatus Hussakof and Bryant, 1918 (Acanthodii,
Ischnacanthidae). 2004, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
24(2), p 257-267
[5] Karatajute-Talimaa, Valentina; Smith, Moya Meredith.
Early Acanthodians from the Lower Silurian of Asia. 2003,
Royal Society of Edinburgh, Transactions, Earth Sciences 93
(3), p 277-299

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[6] Marss, Tiiu. Exoskeletal Ultrasculpture of Early

Vertebrates. 2006, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2),
p 235-252

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