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From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Chilomycterus (burrfish) mouth plate SITE LOCATION: Pungo River or Yorktown Formation, Aurora, Beaufort Co., North Carolina, USA TIME PERIOD: Miocene age (5.3-23 Million Years Ago) Data: Chilomycterus is a genus of diodontid tetraodontiform fishes commonly called "burrfish." The burrfish resembles the puffer in the positions of its dorsal and anal fins, but its skin is armed with short, stout, triangular spines instead of being merely prickly. These spines are sparsely scattered all over the trunk, with about 9 or 10 from nose to tail a -
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From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Chilomycterus (burrfish) mouth plate SITE LOCATION: Pungo River or Yorktown Formation, Aurora, Beaufort Co., North Carolina, USA TIME PERIOD: Miocene age (5.3-23 Million Years Ago) Data: Chilomycterus is a genus of diodontid tetraodontiform fishes commonly called "burrfish." The burrfish resembles the puffer in the positions of its dorsal and anal fins, but its skin is armed with short, stout, triangular spines instead of being merely prickly. These spines are sparsely scattered all over the trunk, with about 9 or 10 from nose to tail a
