Parotodus benedeni, Shark tooth

Description:

One isolated tooth, possibly an upper lateral, associated with false mako shark (Parotodus benedeni) remains collected from a mining quarry.

• Site: SC; Dorchester Co.; Austin Sand Pit
• Site Number: NH40N
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Chondrichthyes
• Order: Lamniformes
• Family: Lamnidae
• Genus: Parotodus
• Species: Parotodus benedeni
• Formation: Unknown

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• Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
• Object Name: Sharks
• Object Id: PV5076

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