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The 26 pages that link to Jaw, each with the reason it gives.

• New HollywoodBroader topic: Its wide release and concentrated advertising helped establish the modern summer blockbuster.

• Steven SpielbergBroader topic: Its suspenseful summer release helped establish the modern wide-release blockbuster.

• Academy Award for Best Original ScoreBroader topic: Its win cemented the cultural reach of a score built around a famously spare motif.

• Great white sharkRelated: The film's fictional predator shaped public perceptions of great white sharks.

• LampreyCompared with: Lampreys lack jaws, highlighting a major evolutionary distinction from most living vertebrates.

• ThrillerBroader topic: A continuing physical threat drives its escalating pursuit and crisis.

• American New WaveBroader topic: Its release strategy and success helped usher in the blockbuster era.

• Jawless fishCompared with: Their absence defines jawless fish and limits the kinds of biting they can perform.

• Jurassic ParkCompared with: Spielberg uses suspense and limited visibility in both films to make an animal threat overwhelming.

• AgnathaCompared with: The absence of jaws is the defining trait behind the name Agnatha.

• Early vertebrateRelated: Its appearance marks a major anatomical transition from jawless early vertebrates.

• GnathostomataBroader topic: Jaws are the defining feature from which the clade takes its name.

• PteraspidomorphiCompared with: Pteraspidomorphs lacked jaws, distinguishing them from many later vertebrate groups.

• AcanthodiiRelated: Acanthodians were among early fishes whose jaws enabled new feeding strategies.

• MultituberculataRelated: Jaw mechanics shaped how multituberculates brought their distinctive molars into contact.

• NeedlefishRelated: Needlefish jaws are unusually elongated and bear sharp teeth.

• Cephalopod beakCompared with: Cephalopod beaks cut without the teeth and bony jaw framework typical of vertebrates.

• NothosaurusRelated: Its elongated jaws formed the front end of its prey-catching apparatus.

• ThalassophobiaBroader topic: The film helped make unseen danger beneath the water’s surface a potent popular fear.

• ThelodontiCompared with: Thelodonts lacked jaws, leaving their feeding methods difficult to infer.

• XiphactinusNarrower topic: Its powerful jaws and teeth suited Xiphactinus to capturing large prey.

• DiadectesRelated: Diadectes had robust jaws capable of handling tough vegetation.

• Evolution of fishRelated: The origin of jaws marks a major transition in fish evolutionary history.

• Black swallowerRelated: A large gape lets the black swallower take prey too large for its own body.

• CyclostomiCompared with: The absence of jaws is the most conspicuous anatomical contrast between cyclostomes and gnathostomes.

• Richard DreyfussBroader topic: Dreyfuss plays marine biologist Matt Hooper, one of his best-known roles.