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  • megalodon symphyseal


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    sixgill pete

    Taxonomy

    meg symphyseal

    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: 05/04/2013
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 8.1 mm
    Width: 7.0 mm

    Location

    Lee Creek Mine
    Beaufort County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    A very rare and nice, small megalodon symphyseal tooth. A tooth position that was not in all megs.




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