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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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