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  • Great White

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    Taxonomy

    great white shark

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Chondrichthyes
    Order: Lamniformes
    Family: Lamnidae
    Genus: Carcharodon
    Species: Carcharodon carcharias
    Author Citation Linnaeus, 1758

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Quaternary
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Pleistocene

    Stratigraphy

    James City Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 02/25/2014
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 16 mm
    Width: 13 mm

    Location

    Lee Creek Mine
    Beaufort County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    A very uncommon species at Lee Creek. From the Pleistocene James City Formation, great whites are always nice to find. 

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    sassyandrea337

    sassyandrea337

    Posted

    Very nice tooth.

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    SailingAlongToo

    SailingAlongToo

    Posted

    Those are some very coarse serrations!

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