Trace fossil – Trace fossils are traces or marks left behind ... which are preserved by the cold just as a freezer preserves food. In the Kits: #12: Shark tooth (specifically, the enamel of the tooth) ...

The basking shark’s scientific name, Cetorhinus maximus, roughly translates to “great-nosed sea monster” in Greek. In reality, these placid sharks, found the world over, are totally harmless.