Some of the latest examples include a new species of extinct shark named Parvodus ominechonensis that was discovered in Japan. Scientists determined it belongs to a small group of hybodontiform sharks called the hybodonts. They appear in the fossil record as hybodonts with the last disappearing abruptly.
The fossil record shows the many species of cartilaginous fish (i.e., sharks) suddenly appearing in the sedimentary rocks, but their origin “is still shrouded mystery.”
Creationists maintain that although new species of plant or animal are constantly discovered, many can be placed within the created kinds that God described in Genesis 1.
Sharks are an excellent example. Although today’s oceans are teeming with many unique types of shark—and even more so in the pre-Flood world—they remain sharks.
Evolutionist Michael Benton states that sharks of the genus Cladoselache are basal, i.e., some of the first sharks to have evolved. Yet, these sharks are “surprisingly modern looking.”
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cataclysm—either vertebrate of invertebrate—they show either sudden appearance with variation within the created kind, sudden disappearance, or are still alive today as living fossils. There are God-designed natural limits to biological change." ICR
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