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Dentalium attenuatum
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Taxonomy
Tusk Shell
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Scaphopoda
Order: Dentaliida
Family: Dentaliidae
Genus: Dentalium
Species: Dentalium attenuatum
Author Citation (Say, 1824)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: Pennsylvanian
Epoch: Pliocene
International Age: Zanclean
Stratigraphy
Yorktown Formation
Rushmere Member
Provenance
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 06/11/2017
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 40 mm
Location
Tar River
Edgecombe County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
A nice Dentalium from a site where they are very common. Most a in very poor shape or crumble when touched.
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