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From the album: My collection in progress
Striatolamia macrota Agassiz 1843 Location: Morocco Age: 56-48 Mya (Ypresian, Eocene, Paleogene) Measurements: 1,8x2,8 cm Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchi Superorder: Selachimorpha Order: Lamniformes Family: Odontaspididae -
Upper Paleocene Lamniforms (Mitsukurinidae and Odontaspididae) ID from Chile
terminatordiego posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello to all guys!!!, I would like to ask again for help in the ID of some teeth. I´ve been searching in a local university's museum for teeth of the original strata (Upper Paleocene), and I have found a very interesting set of boxes containing a bunch of different teeth, all labeled as "Scapanorhynchus sp.", maybe existing a missidentification. The question would be if any of you guys can ID the pieces and how to differentiate the Scapanorhynchus sp. from Striatolamia striata or Sylvestrilamia teretidens, the options I´m leaning for the ID of the teeth. I would also li -
Dear TFF If possible, I would appreciate a more accurate identification for this Cenomanian shark tooth [5 mm]. Thank you. Ricardo
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Here is a Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 (Sandtiger Shark) jaw from my collection. The jaw is 14.5 inches wide by 12.5 inches high. Odontaspididae has two extant genera, Carcharias and Odontaspis, with three species total, Carcharias taurus (Sandtiger Shark), Odontaspis ferox (Smalltooth Sandtiger) and Odontaspis noronhai (Bigeye Sandtiger) Ebert 2013. Fossil sandtiger shark teeth are very common worldwide with a good number of fossil genera and species of teeth that can be very difficult to id to the exact species. Below are pictures from Compagno 1984 VOL. 4 “SHARKS OF
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