Two dermal denticles (literally, "skin teeth") typically from the back and tail of Mio-Pliocene skates (Rajidae) and stingrays (Dasyatidae) from the Peace River in Florida. One is normal, the other is pathological.
Dermal denticles have the same embryological origin as the teeth in the ray mouth. These are teeth that have migrated to the skin.
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