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  • Enchodus ferox Leidy, 1855


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    sixgill pete

    Taxonomy

    enchodus

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Salmoniformes Bleeker 1859
    Family: Enchodontidae Woodward 1901
    Genus: Enchodus
    Species: Enchodus ferox
    Author Citation Leidy, 1855

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Cretaceous
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Maastrichtian

    Stratigraphy

    PeeDee Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 05/12/2015
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 1 1/2 "

    Location

    Northeast Cape Fear River
    New Hanover County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    Self Collected from a personal site on the Northeast cape Fear River.




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    This is a really nice specimen, Don!. :wub: 

     

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    On 12/18/2016 at 10:14 PM, Fossildude19 said:

    This is a really nice specimen, Don!. :wub: 

     

     

    Thanks Tim. I have more of the jawbone that needs to be prepped, not sure if there are more teeth in it though. It broke in two while prepping this part.

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    Doh! I hate when that happens!  :angry:

     

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