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No, but sharks were there at the time of dinosaurs but at the end of the Mesozoic Era.

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Cenozoic Era ( Present-day)

Mesozoic Era (dinosaur time)

Paleozoic Era (blast of organisms (more complex))

Precambrian Era (4.6 billion years ago, simple organisms form)

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sharks evolved 175 million years before the first dinosaur and 100 million before the first reptile

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yes !!!..they were there present on earth long before sharks came into existence

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Yes. Sharks were even "Kings Of The Seas " in those prehitoric times. There were even different species like Cytoxirina.(I am not really sure how to spell it.) 

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Yes. About 200 million years before dinosaurs came on to the landscape.

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