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  • Hemipristis serra


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    Taxonomy

    Snaggletooth Shark

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Chondrichthyes
    Order: Carcharhiniformes
    Family: Hemigaleidae
    Genus: Hemipristis
    Species: Hemipristis serra
    Author Citation (Agassiz, 1843)

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Pliocene
    International Age: Zanclean

    Stratigraphy

    Yorktown Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    Zone 2

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 07/04/2018
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 2.03 "
    Width: 1.81 "

    Location

    Neuse River
    Craven County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    This is by far the largest Hemipristis I have ever collected. 2.03 inches long and at 1.81 inches wide, it is wider than the next longest one in my collection.




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    Really Nice!

     

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    Very awesome find!!! Thanks for sharing!

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    MeargleSchmeargl

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    It's YUGE! nice hemi! :D

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    Would not want that thing stabbing my flesh.... Nice tooth! 

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