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Alopias latidens
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By sixgill pete
Taxonomy
Thresher Shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Alopiidae
Genus: Alopias
Species: Alopias latidens
Author Citation (Leriche, 1909)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
International Age: Priabonian?
Stratigraphy
Castle Hayne Formation
Provenance
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 11/16/2021
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 10.8 mm
Width: 14.1 mm
Location
Private Lime Quarry
Jones County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
Originally described from the Oligocene of Belgium (préliminaire sur des poissons nouveaux de l'Oligocène Belge, Leriche 1909) this tooth conforms well to the description. It is a rarely found tooth in Castle Hayne Deposits of North Carolina. Very similar to the Miocene A. vulpinas, I believe they cannot be the same with such a small sampling and a 25-million-year separation.
Reference:
Fossil Fish, Volume 3 of 4. North Carolina Fossil Club. Richard Chandler, 2015 pgs. 58, 59
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