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Nature Preserved's On-line Fossil Shark
Tooth Museum
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Updated 11/24/2004
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Order Carcharhiniformes |
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Family Carcharhinidae |
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Carcharhinus gibbesi (Requiem Shark
Species) Formation: Belgrade, Epoch: Oligocene, Age=28 - 37 MYO,
Location: Onslow Co. NC. |
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Carcharhinus leucus (VALENCIENNES, 1839)
Bull Shark, Yorktown Formation, Pliocene, 3.4 - 5.2 MYO, Aurora NC. |
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Carcharhinus macloti (MULLER & HENLE, 1839)
Hardnose Shark, Pungo Formation, Middle Miocene, 13 - 15 MYO, Aurora, NC.
USA. |
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Carcharhinus obscurus (Dusky
Shark) Formation: Yorktown, Epoch: Pliocene, Age=2 - 6 MYO,
Location: Beaufort Co. NC. |
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Galeocerdo alabamensis (Extinct
Tiger Shark), Formation: Belgrade or River Bend, Epoch: Oligocene,
Age=22.4 - 36 MYO, Location: Onslow Co. NC., Serrations mildly complex. |
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Galeocerdo aduncus (Extinct Tiger
Shark) Formation: Pungo, Epoch: Miocene, Age=13 - 15
MYO, Location: Beaufort Co. NC. |
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Galeocerdo contortus (Extinct Tiger
Shark) Formation: Pungo, Epoch: Miocene, Age=13 - 15
MYO, Location: Beaufort Co. NC. |
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Galeocerdo contortus (Extinct Tiger
Shark) Formation: Castle Hayne, Epoch: Eocene, Age=36
- 54 MYO, Location: New Hanover Co. NC., Serrations complex. |
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Galeocerdo cuvier (modern Tiger
Shark) parasymphyseal and rear teeth. |
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Galeocerdo cuvier (fossilized modern
Tiger Shark) Formation: Yorktown, Epoch: Pliocene,
Age=3.4 - 5.2 MYO, Location: NC., |
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Galeocerdo eaglesomei (Extinct
Tiger Shark) Formation: Castle Hayne, Epoch: Eocene,
Age=36 -54 MYO, Location: New Hanover Co. NC. |
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Hemipristis curvatus (Snaggletooth
Shark) Formation: Belgrade Formation, Oligocene-Eocene, Age= 22 - 45
MYO, Location: Jones Co. NC |
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Hemipristis serra (Snaggletooth
Shark) Formation: Yorktown or Pungo, Pliocene and Miocene, Age=2 - 18 MYO,
Location: Beaufort Co. NC. |
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Hemipristis serra (Snaggletooth
Shark) Formation: Yorktown or Pungo, Epoch: Pliocene and Miocene, Age=2 - 18
MYO, Location: Beaufort Co. NC. |
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Physogaleous latus (STORMS, 1894A)
River Bend Formation, Upper Oligocene, Chattian Stage, 25 - 30 MYO, Jones
County, NC. USA The only apparent difference between Physogaleous latus and G. contortus
to me appears to be smaller or lack of serrations on the Physogaleous especially on the
distal enamel heel. This same trait occurs in the Middle Miocene at Aurora NC.
I am thinking that what we are seeing may be a sexual difference, and not a species
difference. Comments? |
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Galeocurdo contortus (GIBBES,
1849) River Bend Formation, Upper Oligocene, Chattian Stage, 25 - 30 MYO, Jones
County, NC. USA |
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Physogaleus secundus
(female) Lower Eocene Epoch, Ypresian Stage, 50 - 56.5 MYO,
Location: Khouribga, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. |
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Physogaleus secundus
(male) Lower Eocene Epoch, Ypresian Stage, 50 - 56.5 MYO, Location:
Khouribga, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. |
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Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (Sharpnose
Shark) Formation: Pungo, Epoch: M. Miocene, Age=13 -
15 MYO, Location: Beaufort Co. NC. |
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Family Palaeospinacidae |
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Paraorthocodus clarkii, (Eastman
1901), Late Paleocene Epoch, Thanetian Stage, Formation: Woolrich Bottom Bed.
England. |
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Paraorthacodus nerviensis (Leriche
1929B), Upper Santonian, Upper Cretaceous, Tyk-Butak, Western Kazakstan. |
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Order Eugeneodontiformes |
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Family Hybodontidae |
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Meristodon paradoxus, Age:
?, Formation: ?, Epoch: ?, Location: Kazakstan, Russia. |
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Order Hexanchiformes |
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Family Chlamydoselachidae |
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Chlamydoselachos sp., Late
Cretaceous, Maestrichtian Stage, 66.5 - 73 MYO, Vancouver, Canada. |
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Thrinax sp., |
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Thrinax sp., |
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Thrinax sp., |
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Family Hexanchidae |
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Hexanchus agassizi,
CAPPETTA 1976A, Symphseal, Middle Eocene, Bartonian - Upper Lutetian Stages, Santee
Limestone Formation, 37 - 45 MYO, Harleyville, SC, USA. 0.1" scale. |
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Hexanchus agassizi,
CAPPETTA 1976A, upper anterior, upper lateral, upper posterior, lower lateral
juvenile. Middle Eocene, Bartonian - Upper Lutetian Stages, Santee Limestone
Formation, 37 - 45 MYO, Harleyville, SC, USA. 0.1" scale. |
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Hexanchus agassizi,
CAPPETTA 1976A, Upper P5 or P6, Middle Eocene, Bartonian - Upper Lutetian Stages,
Santee Limestone Formation, 37 - 45 MYO, Harleyville, SC, USA. 0.1"
scale. |
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upper anterior
lower lateral
lower lateral (13 cusps) |
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lower lateral |
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Hexanchus andersoni, uppers,
Epoch: Oligocene - Middle Miocene Contact, Formation: Temblor, Location:
Bakersfield, Ca. USA. |
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Hexanchus andersoni, lower
anterio-laterals, Epoch: Oligocene - Middle Miocene Contact, Formation:
Temblor, Location: Bakersfield, Ca. USA. |
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Hexanchus andersoni, Epoch:
Oligocene - Middle Miocene Contact, Formation: Temblor, Location: Bakersfield,
Ca. USA. |
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lower symphseal |
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Hexanchus andersoni, , Epoch:
Middle Miocene, Formation: Monterey, Aquajito Shale Member, Late Languian
Stage, Location: Carmel, California. This specimen came out of the Aquajito
Shale Member of the Monterey Shale which is stratigraphically much higher than the
productive layer known to yield abundant shark teeth. The only other tooth known to
come out of the Monterey in Carmel by the collector was a Galeocerdo sp. found several
years previously. |
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Hexanchus andersoni,
Lower, Epoch: Early Miocene Contact, Formation: ?, Location:
Oregon Coast, USA. |
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Hexanchus
collinsonae (Extinct Six Gill Cow Shark) Nanjemoy formation , Early Eocene,
Virginia. |
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Hexanchus gigas,(SISMONDA, 1857) Upper P5,
Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, 3.4 - 5 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC, USA. 0.1"
scale |
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Hexanchus gigas,(SISMONDA, 1857), Upper P1,
Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, 3.4 - 5 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC, USA. 1.11" slant, 0.1"
scale |
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Hexanchus gigas,(SISMONDA, 1857), Lower Lateral,
non-functional row, Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, 3.4 - 5 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC, USA. 1.57"
wide, 0.1" scale |
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Hexanchus gigas,(SISMONDA,
1857), Upper A2 & Upper P1,
Pliocene, Yorktown, 3.4 - 5 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC. 0.1" scale
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Hexanchus gigas,(SISMONDA, 1857), Upper P4, Upper P5, Lower P4?,
Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, 3.4 - 5.2 MYO, Beaufort Co., NC.
***middle picture
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Hexanchus gigas(SISMONDA,
1857), Lower Pliocene, Yorktown Formation,
3.4 - 5.2 MYO, Beaufort Co., NC. |
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Hexanchus gigas,(SISMONDA,
1857), Lower P3 or P4, Pliocene, Yorktown
Formation, 3.4 - 5.2 MYO, Beaufort Co., NC. 2.3" wide (cast) |
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Hexanchus gigas,(SISMONDA,
1857), Lower P1, Yorktown Formation, Pliocene Epoch, 2.2 - 5 MYO, Beaufort Co.,
NC. (cast) |
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lower lateral
lower lateral
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Hexanchus microdon,
upper, Upper Cretaceous, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
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Hexanchus microdon, 3 lowers &
1 symphyseal, Upper Cretaceous, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
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Hexanchus
microdon (Extinct Six Gill Cow Shark),symphyseal tooth. Formation:
Descenderie , Epoch: (Thenetian) Upper Paleocene, Age=60 - 62
MYO, Location: Khouribga, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. The symphyseal is the median (middle) tooth from
the lower jaw. Most sharks do not have symphyseal teeth (for example, Hemipristis
sp.). The cow shark does not have a symphyseal tooth in the upper jaw, but instead,
it has parasymphyseal teeth which means two median teeth. |
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Hexanchus microdon
(Extinct Six Gill Cow Shark),4 lowers and then 4 upper teeth.
Formation: Descenderie , Epoch: (Thenetian) Upper Paleocene, Age=60 - 62
MYO, Location: Khouribga, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. |
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Hexanchus microdon
(Extinct Six Gill Cow Shark), 2 upper teeth & 3 lower teeth. Epoch: Upper
Cretaceous (not Paleocene), Age=66.5 - ? MYO, Location: To be verified,
Morocco. |
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Hexanchus serratissimus, from top to
bottom, upper anterior , , lower posterior, Eocene Epoch, Formation: Bracklesham Beds,
Hampshire, England. |
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Hexanchus vitulus, Epoch: Middle
Miocene, Formation: Calvert (zone 5), Prince George Co., MD. I would like to go
collecting there to verify that this is not reworked. I have the location of
this find. |
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Notidanidon lanceolatus, upper,
Early Cretaceous Epoch, Albian Stage, Kursk Region, Stary Oskol, Russia. |
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Notidanidon lanceolatus, lower,
Early Cretaceous Epoch, Albian Stage, Kursk Region, Stary Oskol, Russia. |
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Notidanidon lanceolatus,
lowers, Early Cretaceous Epoch, Albian Stage, Kursk Region, Stary Oskol, Russia. |
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Notidanidon loozi, uppers,
Paleocene, Possibly Danian Stage, 65 - 66.5 MYO, Likely Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga,
Morocco. |
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Notidanidon loozi, lower lateral,
Paleocene, Possibly Danian Stage, 65 - 66.5 MYO, Likely Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga,
Morocco. |
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Notidanidon loozi, lower
lateral, Paleocene, Possibly Danian Stage, 65 - 66.5 MYO, Likely Ouled Abdoun Basin,
Khouribga, Morocco. |
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Notidanidon loozi,
Lower, Paleocene, Possibly Danian Stage, 65 - 66.5 MYO, Likely Ouled Abdoun Basin,
Khouribga, Morocco. |
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Notidanidon loozi, Lower,
Paleocene, Possibly Danian Stage, 65 - 66.5 MYO, Likely Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga,
Morocco. |
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Notidanodon pectinatus, Upper &
Lower, Cretaceous, British Columbia, Canada. |
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Notidanus muensteri (AGASSIZ, 1843), Upper Jurassic,
Kimmeridgian Stage, 150 - 156 MYO, Petersbruch, Germany. width=0.11". |
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Notidanus aka muensteri (AGASSIZ, 1843), from top to bottom:
Symphyseal , Upper Jurassic, Lower Oxfordian Stage, Renggeri Clay Formation, 156 - 160
MYO, Canton Basel, Switzerland. lower lateral, Upper Jurassic, Tithonian Stage, 144 - 150
MYO, Bavaria, Germany. 2 upper laterals, Location: Holderbank. |
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Notidanus serratus, Upper , Epoch:
Upper Jurassic, Stage: Oxfordian, Formation: Brimenstorfer,
Location: Canton Aargan, Switzerland. Lower, Epoch: Middle Jurassic,
Stage: Callovian, Formation: Lambert, Location: Canton Bern, Switzerland. |
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Notorynchus
aptiensis, from top to bottom, 1 upper, 4 lowers,
Formation: ? , Epoch: Lower Cretaceous (Aptian), Age= ? MYO ,
Location: Carnial, Provence, France. |
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Notorynchus kempi,
Formation: , Epoch: Middle- late Eocene, Age= MYO, Uzumbass Crevice,
Lower Story, Svity, Location: Mangyshlak, Kazakhstan. |
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Notorynchus kempi, Upper and lower,
Epoch: Middle- late Eocene, Age= MYO, Uzumbass
Crevice, Lower Story, Svity, Location: Mangyshlak, Kazakhstan. |
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Notorynchus primigenius, Sympheseal
teeth, Pliocene or Middle Miocene, Yorktown or Pungo River
Formation, 3.4 - 5.2 or 13.2 - 15.2 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC, USA. 0.1" scale |
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Notorynchus primigenius,Symphyseal
tooth (center lower tooth), Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, 3.4 - 5 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC.
0.1" scale |
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Notorynchus primigenius, Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, 3.4 - 5.2, Beaufort Co. NC, USA. 0.1"
scale |
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Notorynchus primigenius, the bottom
specimen is unique, Pliocene or Middle Miocene,
Yorktown or Pungo River Formation, 3.4 - 5.2 or 13.2 - 15.2 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC, USA. 0.1"
scale |
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Notorynchus primigenius, Lowers, Pliocene or Middle Miocene, Yorktown or Pungo River Formation, 3.4
- 5.2 or 13.2 - 15.2 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC, USA. 0.1" scale |
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Notorynchus primigenius, Upper P8, Upper P4, Upper A2, Pliocene or Middle Miocene, Yorktown or Pungo River
Formation, 3.4 - 5.2 or 13.2 - 15.2 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC, USA. First two specimens
are Pliocene. 3rd is Miocene. 0.1" scale |
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Notorynchus primigenius, Upper A2
& A1, Pliocene or Middle Miocene, Yorktown or Pungo
River Formation, 3.4 - 5.2 or 13.2 - 15.2 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC, USA. 0.1"
scale |
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Weltonia ancistrodon, uppers
Formation: Descenderie , Epoch: (Thanetian) Upper Paleocene, Age=60 -
62 MYO, Location: Khouribga, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. |
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Weltonia ancistrodon, lowers
Formation: Descenderie , Epoch: (Thanetian) Upper Paleocene, Age=60 -
62 MYO, Location: Khouribga, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco. |
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Weltonia
burnhamensis, top specimen & bottom specimen, Upper
anterior & lower lateral, Formation: London Clay, Epoch: Lower
Eocene, Location: England.
middle specimen, Upper anterio-lateral, Hornerstown
Formation, Paleocene Epoch, Burlington, N.J. USA. |
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Family Heptranchidae |
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Heptranchias sp., Lower Oligocene
Epoch, Stampian Stage, Keasy Formation, Misty, Oregon. 0.37" wide |
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Heptranchias sp., lowers, Upper
Cretaceous Epoch, Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian, Lambert Formation, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada. |
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Heptranchias howelii, 1 upper and 4
lowers, Lower Eocene Epoch, Ypresian Stage, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Sidi Daoui, Morocco. |
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info coming in the future |
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Superfamily Hybodontoidea |
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Family Hybodontidae |
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Hybodus sp., St. Nicholas Av
Poet, France, NCSM 6462. |
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Family Ptychodontidae |
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Ptychodus mammillaris, Mooreville
Chalk Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Santonian - Turonian Stages (unconfirmed), Montgomery
Co., AL., USA |
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Ptychodus connellyi?, Albian-Aptian
Stages, Lower Cretaceous, Japan |
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Ptychodus connellyi?, Albian-Aptian
Stages, Lower Cretaceous, Japan |
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Order Lamniformes |
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The order Lamniformes consists of sharks that are
usually rather large and that have very large mouths. These sharks are generally
pelagic although some frequent shallow water. Some live in the bathyal zone which
is about 2500' deep. The currently living species include the Great White, Makos,
and Lamna genera. These sharks tended to posses very large teeth as compared
to other orders. |
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Family Alopiidae |
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Alopias hermani ( Thresher Shark ),
Oligocene Fm., 23-38 MYO, Kazakstan, Russia. |
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Alopias grandis (var. serratus?) (
Thresher Shark ), Specimen 1, Lower Pliocene, Copper Site, South Eastern USA. Specimen
2. Calvert Cliffs, Provided by: http://www.fossilforum.com/
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Alopias latidens ( Thresher Shark
), Pungo Fm., Miocene Epoch, 13-15 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC, USA.
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Alopias superciliosus (Thresher
Shark), River Bend Fm., Oligocene, 23-38 MYO, Jones Co. NC, USA. |
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Family Anacoracidae |
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Pseudocorax laevis ( Mackeral Shark
), Mooreville Chalk Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Santonian - Turonian Stages
(unconfirmed), Perry Co. (large specimen) Grant Co. (small specimen), AL., USA |
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Family Cetorhinidae |
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Cetorhinus parvus ( Basking shark )
Cat. # basking, $40, Formation: ?, Epoch: Miocene-Oligocene
(this specimen was found in a riverbed formation spanning Miocene-Oligocene),
Age=2 - 6 MYO, Location: Onslow Co. NC., height =0.19". |
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Megachasma sp.(Megamouth shark) #1,
$75, Early Miocene, Saucesian Stage?, 23-25.5 MYO?, Pyramid Hill Sand Member
of the Jewett Sand Formation, Kern Co. CA. |
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Family Cretoxyrhinidae |
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Archeolamna kopingensis ( Extinct
Mackeral Shark ), specimen 1: Cretaceous, Cenomanian, Mesaverde Formation, Big Horn
River Basin, Wyoming.
specimen 2: Cretaceous, Campanian, Pitt Co., NC. |
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Cretolamna appendiculata ( Mackeral
Shark ), Mooreville Chalk Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Santonian - Turonian Stages
(unconfirmed), Greene Co., AL., USA |
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Cretolamna sp. ( Mackeral Shark ),
Mooreville Chalk Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Santonian - Turonian Stages (unconfirmed),
Greene Co., AL., USA |
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Cretoxyrhina mantelli, Mooreville
Chalk Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Santonian - Turonian Stages (unconfirmed), Greene Co.,
AL., USA |
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Cretoxyrhina mantelli, Mooreville
Chalk Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Santonian - Turonian Stages (unconfirmed), Greene Co.,
AL., USA |
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Paleocarcharodon orientalis,
Paleocene, 60.5-66.5 MYO, Atlas Mnts., Morocco. |
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Family Lamnidae |
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Carcharodon carcharias
(Modern Great White Shark), Pleistocene, 10,000 - 1.5 MYO, Pitt Co., NC. This evolved from the hastalis species shown immediately above. |
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Isurus desori ( Mako Shark) SC,
USA. The modern descendant of desori is I. oxyrhincus. |
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Isurus escheri, ( Extinct Mako
Shark ), Late Miocene Epoch, Messinian or Tortonian Stages, Orange Co., CA. , USA.
Collected 1965 by Joe Cocke. This species is starting to evolve serrations and
become a Great White. |
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Isurus hastalis, Formation:
Chartreuse Conformity Layer, Epoch: Early Pliocene, Age=5.2
MYO, Location: Beaufort Co., NC. Size(slant)=3.0". |
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Isurus novus, Harleyville Formation
(8" thick dark layer), Middle Priabonian Stage, Upper Eocene Epoch, Harleyville, SC,
USA. |
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Isurus paucus, ( Modern Mako Shark
), California, no formation information. This species evolved from I. retroflexus.
The I. paucus is an extant species. |
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Isurus retroflexus ( Mako
Shark) Riverbed deposit, Epoch: Late Miocene, Beaufort Co.,
NC. This species is best identified by the compressed crown. The modern
descendant of retroflexus is I. paucus. |
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Family Mitsukurinidae |
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Scapanorhynchus texanus (Goblin
Shark), Formation: Pee Dee, Epoch: (Maestrichtian) Upper
Cretaceous, Age=66.5 - 73 MYO, Location: Pitt Co. NC. |
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Family Odontaspididae |
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Striatolamna macrota (extinct sand
tiger shark), M. Eocene, 40 - 45 MYO, Kazakstan, Europe. |
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Jaekelotodus trigonalis,
Age: 45 - 55 MYO, Formation: ?, Epoch: Middle Eocene to Late
Paleocene, Location: Kazakstan. |
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Family Otodontidae |
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The family Otodontdae consists of rather large sharks that
posses cutting-type dentitions. Sharks within this family primarily consist
from species that were in a direct lineage. The first species, Otodus obliquus lived
during the Paleocene and Lower Eocene (Ypresian). During the upper Ypresian this
species developed partial serrations and is called Otodus subserratus. Upon
developing a full set of serrations, the species is called Carcharocles auriculatus which
lived during much of the Eocene Epoch. During the Oligocene and late Miocene epochs
the teeth of this lineage became less robust and the cusps began to shrink. This
species is named Carcharocles angustidens. During the Middle Miocene the cusps had
nearly disappeared. This species was referred to as Carcharocles chubutensis by
Ameghino and possibly referred to as Carcharocles subauriculatus by an earlier researcher.
By the Late Miocene, the cusps were gone resulting in the Carcharocles megalodon.
This species then went extinct at the end of the Pliocene or beginning of the
Pleistocene Epochs. In general, the teeth of this lineage increased in size with a
maximum size of the Otodus obliquus about 4.75", of the Carcharocles auriculatus
about 4.75", of the Carcharocles angustidens about 5", and the Carcharocles
megalodon of about 7.5" (as measured on a slant). I refer to this lineage as
the Giant White Lineage. The Otodus obliquus descended from the Cretolamna genus.
A second dead-end lineage developed in parallel with the Giant White lineage.
This was the Parotodus genus. These sharks likely evolved from the Otodus
genus. They were present from the Eocene through the Pliocene. |
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Carcharocles auriculatus 3
1/4", Middle Eocene, 40 - 43 MYO, Harleyville Formation, SC, USA. |
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Carcharocles angustidens,
Early Miocene, Virginia USA. |
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Carcharocles subauriculatus (syn:
chubutensis) 3 1/4", Middle Miocene, 13.2 - 15.2 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC. Only two
damaged serrations viewable under 10X magnification. The specimen has evidence of
Pungo River Formation limestone attached to the root. |
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Carcharocles subauriculatus (syn:
chubutensis) 3 3/16", Middle Miocene, 13.2 - 15.2 MYO, Pungo River Formation,
Beaufort Co. NC. left collection |
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Carcharocles subauriculatus (syn:
chubutensis) 3 1/16", Middle Miocene, Pungo River Formation,
Beaufort Co., NC USA. Incredible color. |
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Carcharocles subauriculatus (syn:
chubutensis) 2 7/16", Middle Miocene, 13 - 15 MYO, Pungo River Formation,
Beaufort Co. North Carolina USA. |
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Carcharocles subauriculatus (syn:
chubutensis) 3 1/8", Middle Miocene, 13.2 - 15.2 MYO, Pungo River Formation, Beaufort
Co. NC. |
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Carcharocles megalodon 6
13/16", Late Miocene(6-9 MYO, based on root protrusions), SC, USA,
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Otodus obliquus shark vertebrae
Epoch: Paleocene, Age=50 - 66.5 MYO, Khouribga Plateaux, Morocco. |
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Otodus obliquus, Mackeral Shark,
Upper Paleocene Epoch, Thanetian Stage, Aquia Formations, Charles County, MD, USA #2
& #3 appear to be possibly Cretolamna sp. They have thin roots. |
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Otodus obliquus (
Mackerel Shark) Paleocene Epoch, 60 - 66.5 MYO, Atlas Mnts.,
Morocco. |
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Parotodus benedeni (False Mako
Shark), specimens 1 & 2 from South Carolina, USA and specimen 3 from Baha, Ca.
USA. All Specimens are from Late Miocene to Pliocene. |
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Order Orectolobiformes |
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Family Ginglymostomatidae |
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Cantioscyllium decipiens,
Age: 88.5 - 91 MYO ?, Formation: ?, Epoch: Turonian ?, Upper Cretaceous,
Location: Pitt Co., NC. |
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Ginglymostoma africanum (Nurse
shark) Formation: Pee Dee, Epoch: U. Cretaceous
(Maestrichtian), Age=64 - 70 MYO, Location: Onslow Co. NC., height
(largest)=5/32" (4.0 mm.) Ruler delineation 1/64". |
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Nebrius blanckenhorni,
lingual, labial, basal, & occlusal views(mounted on clay). Formation: ?,
Epoch: L. Eocene (Ypresian), Age=45 - 50 MYO,
Location: Khouribga, Morocco, |
Nebrius blanckenhorni |
Ginglymostoma sp. |
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Ginglymostoma sp.(maghrebianum?)(Nurse
shark) Formation: ?, Epoch: ?, Age=? MYO, Location:
Morocco. Much smaller specimen than blanckenhorni. The cusps are larger and
there are less of them. Possibly G. maghrebianum from L. Eocene. Extra image above
right. |
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Nebrius thielensis (Nurse shark)
Formation: Castle Hayne, Epoch: M. Eocene
(Lutetian), Age=40 - 45 MYO, Location: New Hanover Co. NC., |
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Family Rhincodontidae |
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Rhincodon sp.(Whale shark)
Formation: Lower Yorktown, Epoch: Pliocene, Age=1.7 -
5.6 MYO,Location: Beaufort Co. NC., height=3/16", width=3/32". This
is the only specimen that we have found from Yorktown. It differs from Pungo
Rhincodon typus in that there are differences in the nutrient groove. This specimen
shows what appears to be a distinct nutrient pore above the narrow nutrient groove.
Also, the specimen has an abnormally small crown. Ruler increments are
1/64". We need more examples to see if the observed difference from
Middle Miocene specimens are always present. |
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Order
Pristiophoriformes |
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Family Pristiophoridae |
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modern saw shark rostral,
Pristiophorus sp. saw shark rostral, Early Miocene,
Pyramid Hill Sand Member., Pyramid Hill, CA.
Pliotrema warreni, Milnaton Formation, Miocene, M. Tuerton
Beach, Capetown, South Africa Only reported from this locality.
Ikamauius ensifer, Early Miocene, Gee Greensand,
Katanui, New Zealand. I need a supplier of these species.
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Order Squaliformes |
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Family Echinorhinidae |
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Echinorhinus pristis, Early
Eocene, 50-56.5 MYO, Kazakstan. |
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Echinorhinus blakei, Middle Miocene
Epoch, Late Langhian Stage, Pungo River Formation, 13.2 - 15.2. Aurora, NC. |
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Isistius brasiliensis (Cookie Cutter
Shark) Age: 5 - 7 MYO, Hawthorn Group, Big Slough,
Epoch: Late Miocene, Location: Sarasota Co. Florida,. |
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Isistius trituratus (Cookie Cutter
Shark) Formation: Yorktown, Epoch: Pliocene, Age=2 - 6 MYO,
Location: Beaufort Co. NC., height=17/128"(all three about same
height). Ruler delineation's 1/64". |
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Megasqualus orpiensis, Lower Miocene
(Langenien), Location: Belgium. |
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Squalus serriculus (dogshark) Middle
Miocene, 10 - 13 MYO, Kern Co., CA. |
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Family Squalidae |
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Under construction. |
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Centrosqualus sp., Dorsal Spine,
Demopolis Chalk Formation, Montgomery Co., AL, USA |
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Order Squatiniformes |
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Family Squatinidae |
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Squatina prima/subserrata ?
Hertford Co., NC, Yorktown Formation, Sunken Meadow Member. |
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Other |
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Listracanthus hystrix, Fin Spine,
Fossil Extinct Ctenacanthid Shark, Pennsylvanian Epoch, Swope Ls. Formation,
Hushpuckney Shale Member, Kansas City., Missouri, Scale 0.1". |
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Peripristis semicircularis, Late Pennsylvanian
Epoch, Harpersville Formation, Coleman County, Texas. |
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Chomatodus sp., Middle Mississippian,
Harrodsburg Limestone Formation, Washington County, Indiana. Scale 0.1". |
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alopias,
carcharhinus, carcharocles,
carcharodon, cetorhinus, cretodus, cretolamna,
galeocurdo, galeorhinus, hemipristis,
Campodus sp., Pennsylvanian, Swope Ls. Formation,
Hushpuckney Shale Member, Kansas City., Missouri. Scale 0.1". isurus, jaekelotodus, lamna, nebrius, negaprion, notidanodon,
notorhynchus,
odontaspis, onchopristis, otodus, palaeocarcharodon,
parotodus, ptychodus, sphyra,
sphyrna, squalicorax, squatina squalus, weltonia |
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Chomatodus multiplicatus, Middle Mississippian,
Salem Limestone Formation, Washington County, Indiana. Scale 0.1". surus, jaekel |
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Archaeomanta melenhorsti HERMAN, 1979
- (Extinct devil ray genus), Early Eocene Epoch, Ypresian Stage,
Potapaco Sands Bed B, Nanjemoy Formation, 50 - 56.5 MYO, Staford County, Virginia, USA,
(this specimen not for sale, trade only, $20 trade value) |
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