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cow shark
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By sixgill pete
Taxonomy
cow shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Hexanchiformes
Family: Hexanchidae
Genus: Notorynchus
Species: Notorynchus primigenius
Author Citation Agassiz, 1843
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Miocene
Stratigraphy
Pungo River Formation
Provenance
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 04/19/2011
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Width: 8 mm
Location
Lee Creek Mine
Beaufort County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
This tiny sevengill shark tooth is the smallest I have ever found. At 8mm as a lower tooth it must have been a juvenile or even new born shark.
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