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Whale Shark
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Taxonomy
Whale Shark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Rhincontidae
Genus: Rhincodon
Species: Rhincodon typus
Author Citation A. Smith, 1828
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Miocene
Stratigraphy
Pungo River Formation
Provenance
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 02/11/2011
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 6 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Location
Lee Creek Mine
Beaufort County
North Carolina
United States
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