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Nurse Shark
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Taxonomy
Nurse Shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Orectiloboformes
Family: Ginglymostomatidae
Genus: Nebrius
Species: Nebrius sp.
Author Citation Ruppell, 1837
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Oligocene
International Age: Rupelian
Stratigraphy
River Bend Formation
Provenance
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 09/12/2014
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Width: 8 mm
Height: 6 mm
Location
Martin Marietta Belgrade Quarry
Jones County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
This tooth was found in the basal sands of the Belgrade Quarry. An extremely nice example of this rather rare species for this formation.
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