Carcharinus sp., Shark tooth
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Description:
One tooth associated with the remains of a species of requiem (Carcharinus sp.) shark. Possibly C. leucus.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.;Chandler Bridge Bed 3
- Site Number: NH40Cdc
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Paleogene
- Epoch: Oligocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Chondrichthyes
- Order: Carcharhiniformes
- Family: Carcharhinidae
- Genus: Carcharhinus
- Formation: Chandler Bridge
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Sharks
- Object Id: PV336
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