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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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    Plax

    a two rooter. Those are the oldest ones. Probably Tarheel Fm originally. The lag at the base of the Bladen has two rooters also.

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