Carcharias taurus, Shark tooth
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Description:
One isolated tooth associated with sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) remains.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.; Austin Sand Pits #3
- Site Number: NH40Nb
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Chondrichthyes
- Order: Lamniformes
- Family: Odontaspididae
- Genus: Carcharias
- Species: Carcharias taurus
- Formation: Unknown
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Sharks
- Object Id: PV5176
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