Carcharocles megalodon, Shark tooth
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Description:
One tooth associated with megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon) remains.
- Site: SC; Various Phosphate Beds
- Site Number: NH18A
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Chondrichthyes
- Order: Lamniformes
- Family: Otodontidae
- Genus: Carcharocles
- Species: Carcharocles megalodon
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Sharks
- Object Id: PV4172
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