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Cretaceous Ray
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Taxonomy
Cretaceous ray
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Myliobatiformes
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Brachyrhizodus
Species: Brachyrhizodus witchitaensis
Author Citation Romer, 1942
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Campanian
Stratigraphy
Black Creek Group
Tar Heel Formation
Provenance
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 08/11/2015
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Width: 12 mm
Height: 4 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Location
Neuse River
Wayne County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
A beautiful tooth of this species from this site. Most are extremely worn and with missing or broken roots.
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