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snaggletooth shark
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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: Miocene
Stratigraphy
Pungo River Formation
Provenance
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 05/04/2013
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 6 mm
Width: 8 mm
Location
Lee Creek Mine
Beaufort County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
This small (6mm long) Hemipristis is slightly pathological. Hemi patho's are not uncommon at Lee Creek.
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