Galeocerdo capellini, Shark tooth

Description:

One isolated tooth collected from a mining quarry associated with tiger shark remains.

[Other spelling in literature - Galeocerdo capellina.]

• Site: SC; Dorchester Co.; Austin Sand Pits #2
• Site Number: NH40Na
• Era: Cenozoic
• Period: Neogene
• Epoch: Pliocene
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Chondrichthyes
• Order: Carcharhiniformes
• Family: Carcharhinidae
• Genus: Galeocerdo
• Species: Galeocerdo capellini
• Formation: Unknown

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• Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
• Object Name: Sharks
• Object Id: PV5092

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