Stamp: Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna sp.) (Tuvalu 1981)

Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna sp.) (Tuvalu 1981)

24 February (Tuvalu ) within release Hammerhead Shark goes into circulation Stamp Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna sp.) face value 45 Tuvaluan cent

Stamp Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna sp.) in catalogues
Michel: Mi:TV 137

Stamp is square format.

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Country: Tuvalu
Date: 1981-02-24
Print: Unknown
Perforation: Unknown
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 45 Tuvaluan cent

Stamp Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna sp.) it reflects the thematic directions:

Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachimorpha (or Selachii) and are the sister group to the Batoidea (rays and kin). Some sources extend the term "shark" as an informal category including extinct members of Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) with a shark-like morphology, such as hybodonts. Shark-like chondrichthyans such as Cladoselache and Doliodus first appeared in the Devonian Period (419–359 million years), though some fossilized chondrichthyan-like scales are as old as the Late Ordovician (458–444 million years ago). The earliest confirmed modern sharks (selachimorphs) are known from the Early Jurassic around 200 million years ago, with the oldest known member being Agaleus, though records of true sharks may extend back as far as the Permian.

Stamp, Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna sp.), Tuvalu,  , Sharks