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    Taxonomy

    meglodon

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Chondrichthyes
    Order: Lamniformes
    Family: Otodontidae
    Genus: Otodus (Carcharocles)
    Species: Otodus (Carcharocles) megalodon
    Author Citation Agassiz, 1843

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Miocene

    Stratigraphy

    Pungo River Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 04/08/2011
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 14 mm
    Width: 13 mm

    Location

    Lee Creek Mine
    Beaufort County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    This is a small ?posterior meg tooth. Found in spoil piles from the Lee Creek Mine. 

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    Plax

    If I found that one in the Peedee I'd swear it was a Squalicorax!

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    3 minutes ago, Plax said:

    If I found that one in the Peedee I'd swear it was a Squalicorax!

     

    Now that you have said that Don, I have to agree. But, the thickness of it would have made you think about it. Visually it does look like one.

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    Plax

    not saying it is Don! Just looks like one....

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