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  • Heterodontus

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    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Chondrichthyes
    Order: Heterodontiformes
    Family: Heterodontidae
    Genus: Heterodontus
    Species: Heterodontus asteracanthus

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Jurassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late

    Stratigraphy

    Brenztal Trümmerkalk

    Provenance

    Collector: Sebastian Schulz
    Date Collected: 12/26/2016
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 0.75 cm
    Thickness: 0.3 cm

    Location

    quarry Moldenberg
    Heidenheim (a.d.B.)
    Baden-Württemberg
    Germany

    Comments

    This crown of a Heterodontus tooth is a rare shark tooth from the quarry Moldenberg near Heidenheim.

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    sixgill pete

    Beautiful little tooth.

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    belemniten
    Just now, sixgill pete said:

    Beautiful little tooth.

    Thanks for the kind words !

     

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