Secretion is the process of elaborating, releasing, and oozing chemicals, or a secreted chemical substance from a cell or gland.In contrast to excretion, the substance may have a certain function, rather than being a waste product.ecretion is the process of elaborating, releasing, and oozing chemicals, or a secreted chemical substance from a cell or gland.
The oldest shark fossils. The oldest fossilized evidence of prehistoric sharks comes from shark-like scales that date to 455 million years ago during the Ordovician Period, in Colorado. Some paleontologists do not agree that these scales are sufficiently shark-like to pronounce them sharks.
The type of tooth that a shark has depends on its diet and feeding habits. In some formations, shark's teeth are a common fossil. These fossils can be analyzed for information on shark evolution and biology; they are often the only part of the shark to be fossilized.