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Order Carcharhiniformes
             Family Carcharhinidae
oligocene_carcharinid_lab.jpg (11689 bytes)oligocene_carcharinid_lin.jpg (15571 bytes) Carcharhinus gibbesi (Requiem Shark Species)   Formation:  Belgrade, Epoch:  Oligocene, Age=28 - 37 MYO, Location:  Onslow Co. NC.
bull_small.jpg (3207 bytes) Carcharhinus leucus (VALENCIENNES, 1839) Bull Shark, Yorktown Formation, Pliocene, 3.4 - 5.2 MYO, Aurora NC. 
    fossil shark teeth.gif (43 bytes)macloti2.jpg (2879 bytes) Carcharhinus macloti (MULLER & HENLE, 1839) Hardnose Shark, Pungo Formation, Middle Miocene, 13 - 15 MYO, Aurora, NC. USA.
dusky.jpg (16653 bytes) Carcharhinus obscurus (Dusky Shark)  Formation:  Yorktown, Epoch:  Pliocene, Age=2 - 6 MYO, Location:  Beaufort Co. NC.
Galeocerdo alabamensis (Extinct Tiger Shark),   Formation:   Belgrade or River Bend, Epoch:  Oligocene, Age=22.4 - 36 MYO, Location:  Onslow Co. NC., Serrations mildly complex.
aduncus.jpg (18113 bytes) Galeocerdo aduncus (Extinct Tiger Shark)   Formation:  Pungo, Epoch:  Miocene, Age=13 - 15 MYO, Location:  Beaufort Co. NC.
contortus.jpg (9993 bytes) Galeocerdo contortus (Extinct Tiger Shark)   Formation:  Pungo, Epoch:  Miocene, Age=13 - 15 MYO, Location:  Beaufort Co. NC.
contortus_eoc_lin.jpg (6960 bytes) Galeocerdo contortus (Extinct Tiger Shark)   Formation:  Castle Hayne, Epoch:  Eocene, Age=36 - 54 MYO, Location:  New Hanover Co. NC., Serrations complex. 
tiger_modern_dent3_thmb.jpg (1641 bytes) Galeocerdo cuvier (modern Tiger Shark) parasymphyseal and rear teeth. 
cuvier.jpg (22586 bytes) Galeocerdo cuvier (fossilized modern Tiger Shark)    Formation:  Yorktown, Epoch:  Pliocene, Age=3.4 - 5.2 MYO, Location:  NC.,  
Galeocerdo eaglesomei (Extinct Tiger Shark)   Formation:  Castle Hayne, Epoch:  Eocene, Age=36 -54 MYO, Location:  New Hanover Co. NC.
curvatus_lab.jpg (7144 bytes)curvatus_lin.jpg (8939 bytes) Hemipristis curvatus (Snaggletooth Shark)   Formation:  Belgrade Formation,   Oligocene-Eocene, Age= 22 - 45 MYO, Location:  Jones Co. NC
serra_upper.jpg (18214 bytes) Hemipristis serra (Snaggletooth Shark) Formation:  Yorktown or Pungo,  Pliocene and Miocene, Age=2 - 18 MYO, Location:  Beaufort Co. NC.
serra_lower.jpg (11726 bytes) Hemipristis serra (Snaggletooth Shark) Formation:  Yorktown or Pungo, Epoch:  Pliocene and Miocene, Age=2 - 18 MYO, Location:  Beaufort Co. NC.
P_latus_BG_small.jpg (2542 bytes) 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?
P_latus_BG_small.jpg (2542 bytes) Galeocurdo contortus (GIBBES, 1849) River Bend Formation, Upper Oligocene, Chattian Stage, 25 - 30 MYO, Jones County, NC. USA
Galeorhinus_formosus_lab.jpg (8873 bytes)Galeorhinus_formosus_lin.jpg (8869 bytes) Physogaleus secundus     (female) Lower Eocene Epoch, Ypresian Stage, 50 - 56.5 MYO,  Location:  Khouribga, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco.
physodon_tertius_lab.jpg (9290 bytes)physodon_tertius_lin.jpg (8807 bytes) Physogaleus secundus  (male) Lower Eocene Epoch, Ypresian Stage, 50 - 56.5 MYO,  Location:  Khouribga, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco.
rhizoprionodon_lab.jpg (6496 bytes)rhizoprionodon_lin.jpg (6273 bytes) Rhizoprionodon fischeuri (Sharpnose Shark)   Formation:  Pungo, Epoch:  M. Miocene, Age=13 - 15 MYO, Location:  Beaufort Co. NC.
        Family Palaeospinacidae
1779b.jpg (51896 bytes) Paraorthocodus clarkii, (Eastman 1901), Late Paleocene Epoch, Thanetian Stage, Formation:  Woolrich Bottom Bed.  England.
1084_85.jpg (50405 bytes) Paraorthacodus nerviensis (Leriche 1929B), Upper Santonian, Upper Cretaceous, Tyk-Butak, Western Kazakstan.
Order Eugeneodontiformes
          Family Hybodontidae
meristodon.jpg (12052 bytes) Meristodon paradoxus, Age:  ?,  Formation:  ?, Epoch:    ?, Location:  Kazakstan, Russia.
Order Hexanchiformes
         Family Chlamydoselachidae

 

1392.jpg (40853 bytes)frill3.jpg (5940 bytes)frill4.jpg (12562 bytes) Chlamydoselachos sp., Late Cretaceous, Maestrichtian Stage, 66.5 - 73 MYO, Vancouver, Canada.
1381.jpg (44805 bytes)thrinax2.jpg (52477 bytes) Thrinax sp.,
1382.jpg (48563 bytes) Thrinax sp.,
1383.jpg (54785 bytes) Thrinax sp.,
         Family Hexanchidae   
2452.jpg (53536 bytes) Hexanchus agassizi, CAPPETTA 1976A,  Symphseal, Middle Eocene, Bartonian - Upper Lutetian Stages, Santee Limestone Formation, 37 - 45 MYO, Harleyville, SC, USA. 0.1" scale. 
1386-1389.jpg (48233 bytes) 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. 
2427_small.jpg (15590 bytes) 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)

1390_small.jpg (2448 bytes)

lower lateral

1487_1489_1490.jpg (91466 bytes) Hexanchus andersoni, uppers, Epoch:  Oligocene - Middle Miocene Contact, Formation:  Temblor, Location:  Bakersfield, Ca. USA.
1491_1513.jpg (76237 bytes) Hexanchus andersoni, lower anterio-laterals,  Epoch:  Oligocene - Middle Miocene Contact, Formation:  Temblor, Location:  Bakersfield, Ca. USA.
2438_39_small.jpg (2079 bytes) Hexanchus andersoni, Epoch:  Oligocene - Middle Miocene Contact, Formation:  Temblor, Location:  Bakersfield, Ca. USA.
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lower symphseal

1486.jpg (48266 bytes) 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.
1485.jpg (49056 bytes) Hexanchus andersoni,  Lower,  Epoch:  Early Miocene Contact, Formation:  ?, Location:  Oregon Coast, USA.
1384-1385.jpg (42587 bytes) Hexanchus collinsonae (Extinct Six Gill Cow Shark) Nanjemoy formation , Early Eocene, Virginia. 
2451.jpg (77746 bytes) Hexanchus gigas,(SISMONDA, 1857) Upper P5,  Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, 3.4 - 5 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC, USA.  0.1" scale
2432.jpg (35871 bytes) Hexanchus gigas,(SISMONDA, 1857), Upper P1,  Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, 3.4 - 5 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC, USA. 1.11" slant, 0.1" scale
2437.jpg (43377 bytes) 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
gigas_uppers_personal_lab.jpg (18645 bytes)gigas_uppers_personal_lin.jpg (18137 bytes) Hexanchus gigas,(SISMONDA, 1857), Upper A2 & Upper P1, Pliocene, Yorktown, 3.4 - 5 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC.   0.1" scale

 

 

Hexanchus gigas,(SISMONDA, 1857), Upper P4, Upper P5, Lower P4?, Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, 3.4 - 5.2 MYO, Beaufort Co., NC.

 

 

 

2433_small.jpg (13275 bytes) Hexanchus gigas(SISMONDA, 1857), Lower Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, 3.4 - 5.2 MYO, Beaufort Co., NC.
1550.jpg (45194 bytes) Hexanchus gigas,(SISMONDA, 1857), Lower P3 or P4, Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, 3.4 - 5.2 MYO, Beaufort Co., NC. 2.3" wide  (cast)
1551.jpg (42396 bytes) Hexanchus gigas,(SISMONDA, 1857), Lower P1, Yorktown Formation, Pliocene Epoch, 2.2 - 5 MYO, Beaufort Co., NC.  (cast)
gigas_lowers_personal_lin.jpg (30815 bytes)gigas_lowers_personal_lab.jpg (25144 bytes)

lower lateral

 

 

lower lateral

 

1496.jpg (43565 bytes) Hexanchus microdon,  upper,  Upper Cretaceous, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1497-1500.jpg (70361 bytes) 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.

1365-1368.jpg (84268 bytes)1361-1364.jpg (73187 bytes) 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. 
1375-1379.jpg (74635 bytes) 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.
1401-1402.jpg (44250 bytes) Hexanchus serratissimus, from top to bottom, upper anterior , , lower posterior, Eocene Epoch, Formation: Bracklesham Beds, Hampshire, England.
1391.jpg (41743 bytes) 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.
1531.jpg (45486 bytes) Notidanidon lanceolatus, upper, Early Cretaceous Epoch, Albian Stage, Kursk Region, Stary Oskol, Russia.
1532.jpg (49218 bytes) Notidanidon lanceolatus, lower, Early Cretaceous Epoch, Albian Stage, Kursk Region, Stary Oskol, Russia.
1533.jpg (45268 bytes) Notidanidon lanceolatus,  lowers, Early Cretaceous Epoch, Albian Stage, Kursk Region, Stary Oskol, Russia.
1524-1526.jpg (95293 bytes) Notidanidon loozi, uppers, Paleocene, Possibly Danian Stage, 65 - 66.5 MYO, Likely Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga, Morocco.
1527.jpg (53668 bytes) Notidanidon loozi, lower lateral, Paleocene, Possibly Danian Stage, 65 - 66.5 MYO, Likely Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga, Morocco.
1528.jpg (48978 bytes) 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.

1529.jpg (43790 bytes) Notidanidon loozi,  Lower, Paleocene, Possibly Danian Stage, 65 - 66.5 MYO, Likely Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga, Morocco. 
1493-1494.jpg (44860 bytes)notodanodon1.jpg (39012 bytes) Notidanodon pectinatus, Upper & Lower, Cretaceous, British Columbia, Canada.
2428a.jpg (20218 bytes) Notidanus muensteri (AGASSIZ, 1843), Upper Jurassic, Kimmeridgian Stage, 150 - 156 MYO, Petersbruch, Germany.  width=0.11".
1534-1537.jpg (62631 bytes) 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.
1522-1523.jpg (46205 bytes) 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.
1406-1410.jpg (75927 bytes) Notorynchus aptiensis, from top to bottom, 1 upper, 4 lowers, Formation:  ?  , Epoch:  Lower Cretaceous (Aptian), Age= ? MYO  , Location: Carnial, Provence, France. 
1411-1414.jpg (79721 bytes) Notorynchus kempi,   Formation:  , Epoch:  Middle- late Eocene, Age= MYO, Uzumbass Crevice, Lower Story, Svity, Location:  Mangyshlak, Kazakhstan.
kempi.jpg (87145 bytes) Notorynchus kempi, Upper and lower, Epoch:  Middle- late Eocene, Age= MYO, Uzumbass Crevice, Lower Story, Svity, Location:  Mangyshlak, Kazakhstan.
1540-1541.jpg (69399 bytes) 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
notorhynchus_symphesial.jpg (24696 bytes)notorhynchus_symphesial_lingual.jpg (26874 bytes) Notorynchus primigenius,Symphyseal tooth (center lower tooth), Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, 3.4 - 5 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC.   0.1" scale
2442.jpg (52832 bytes) Notorynchus primigenius, Pliocene, Yorktown Formation, 3.4 - 5.2, Beaufort Co. NC, USA. 0.1" scale
1545-1547.jpg (96769 bytes) 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
1542-1544.jpg (89245 bytes) 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
2434_36.jpg (52634 bytes) 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
1538-1539.jpg (58723 bytes) 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
1393-1395.jpg (71972 bytes) Weltonia ancistrodon, uppers   Formation:   Descenderie , Epoch:  (Thanetian) Upper Paleocene, Age=60 - 62  MYO, Location:  Khouribga, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco.
1396-1400.jpg (97261 bytes) Weltonia ancistrodon, lowers  Formation:   Descenderie , Epoch:  (Thanetian) Upper Paleocene, Age=60 - 62  MYO, Location:  Khouribga, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco.
1372-1374.jpg (49418 bytes) 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
         Family Heptranchidae
1512.jpg (59510 bytes) Heptranchias sp., Lower Oligocene Epoch, Stampian Stage, Keasy Formation, Misty, Oregon.  0.37" wide
1501-1504.jpg (93825 bytes) Heptranchias sp., lowers, Upper Cretaceous Epoch, Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian, Lambert Formation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1505-1509.jpg (85877 bytes) Heptranchias howelii, 1 upper and 4 lowers, Lower Eocene Epoch, Ypresian Stage, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Sidi Daoui, Morocco.
1484.jpg (49841 bytes) info coming in the future

 

Superfamily Hybodontoidea
          Family Hybodontidae
hybodus_fr.jpg (56455 bytes)hybodus_fr_2.jpg (13010 bytes) Hybodus sp.,  St. Nicholas Av Poet, France, NCSM 6462.
          Family Ptychodontidae
ptychodus_mammillaris_AL.jpg (48303 bytes) Ptychodus mammillaris, Mooreville Chalk Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Santonian - Turonian Stages (unconfirmed), Montgomery Co., AL., USA
Ptycho1.jpg (57051 bytes) Ptychodus connellyi?, Albian-Aptian Stages, Lower Cretaceous, Japan
Ptycho2.jpg (8910 bytes) Ptychodus connellyi?, Albian-Aptian Stages, Lower Cretaceous, Japan
Order Lamniformes
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.
          Family Alopiidae
latidens_russian_olig1.jpg (11657 bytes) Alopias hermani ( Thresher Shark ), Oligocene Fm., 23-38 MYO, Kazakstan, Russia.  
alopias_serratus.jpg (108012 bytes)bigeye.jpg (12288 bytes)Alopias serratus.jpg (45815 bytes) 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/

 

latidens_pungo_lab.jpg (7382 bytes) Alopias latidens ( Thresher Shark ),  Pungo Fm., Miocene Epoch, 13-15 MYO, Beaufort Co. NC, USA.     
alopias_olig.jpg (41604 bytes) Alopias superciliosus (Thresher Shark),  River Bend  Fm., Oligocene, 23-38 MYO, Jones Co. NC, USA.
          Family Anacoracidae
pseudocorax_affinis_AL.jpg (45331 bytes) Pseudocorax laevis ( Mackeral Shark ), Mooreville Chalk Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Santonian - Turonian Stages (unconfirmed), Perry Co. (large specimen) Grant Co. (small specimen), AL., USA
             Family Cetorhinidae
whale_shark_1_side.jpg (3932 bytes) 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".
megasqualus_ca1.jpg (48098 bytes) 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.
          Family Cretoxyrhinidae
arcuata.jpg (37731 bytes) Archeolamna kopingensis ( Extinct Mackeral Shark ), specimen 1:  Cretaceous, Cenomanian, Mesaverde Formation, Big Horn River Basin, Wyoming.
specimen 2:  Cretaceous, Campanian, Pitt Co., NC.
cretolamna_appendiculata_AL.jpg (64919 bytes) Cretolamna appendiculata ( Mackeral Shark ), Mooreville Chalk Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Santonian - Turonian Stages (unconfirmed), Greene Co., AL., USA
cretolamna_sp.jpg (58712 bytes) Cretolamna sp. ( Mackeral Shark ), Mooreville Chalk Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Santonian - Turonian Stages (unconfirmed), Greene Co., AL., USA
cretoxyrhina1.jpg (59509 bytes) Cretoxyrhina mantelli, Mooreville Chalk Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Santonian - Turonian Stages (unconfirmed), Greene Co., AL., USA
cretoxyrhina2.jpg (45163 bytes) Cretoxyrhina mantelli, Mooreville Chalk Formation, Upper Cretaceous, Santonian - Turonian Stages (unconfirmed), Greene Co., AL., USA
orient2a.jpg (102790 bytes) Paleocarcharodon orientalis, Paleocene, 60.5-66.5 MYO, Atlas Mnts., Morocco. 
         Family Lamnidae
carcharodon_1_lab.jpg (37102 bytes)carcharodon_1_lin.jpg (35279 bytes) Carcharodon carcharias (Modern Great White Shark), Pleistocene, 10,000 - 1.5 MYO, Pitt Co., NC.  This evolved from the hastalis species shown immediately above.
retroflexus_1_lab.jpg (17336 bytes)retroflexus_1_lin.jpg (15550 bytes) Isurus desori ( Mako Shark) SC, USA.   The modern descendant of desori is I. oxyrhincus.
Isurus_escheri_CA2.jpg (51065 bytes)Isurus_escheri_ca.jpg (54980 bytes) 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.
hastalis_personal_lab.jpg (10664 bytes)hastalis_personal_lin.jpg (10035 bytes) Isurus hastalis,  Formation: Chartreuse Conformity Layer,   Epoch: Early Pliocene, Age=5.2 MYO, Location:  Beaufort Co., NC.   Size(slant)=3.0". 
Isurus_novus_sc.jpg (44129 bytes) Isurus novus, Harleyville Formation (8" thick dark layer), Middle Priabonian Stage, Upper Eocene Epoch, Harleyville, SC, USA.
Isurus_paucus.jpg (58117 bytes) Isurus paucus, ( Modern Mako Shark ), California, no formation information.  This species evolved from I. retroflexus.   The I. paucus is an extant species.
Isurus_retroflexus_au.jpg (50969 bytes) 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.
          Family Mitsukurinidae
texensus.jpg (29294 bytes) Scapanorhynchus texanus (Goblin Shark),  Formation: Pee Dee, Epoch: (Maestrichtian) Upper Cretaceous, Age=66.5 - 73 MYO, Location:  Pitt Co. NC. 
          Family Odontaspididae
macrota_lower_kazakstan.jpg (16004 bytes) Striatolamna macrota (extinct sand tiger shark),  M. Eocene, 40 - 45 MYO, Kazakstan, Europe.
jaekelotodus.jpg (19552 bytes) Jaekelotodus trigonalis,  Age:  45 - 55 MYO, Formation:  ?, Epoch:   Middle Eocene to Late Paleocene,  Location:  Kazakstan.
         Family Otodontidae
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. 
Auctions Carcharocles auriculatus  3 1/4", Middle Eocene, 40 - 43 MYO, Harleyville Formation, SC, USA. 
1792-1793.jpg (61660 bytes) Carcharocles angustidens,   Early Miocene,  Virginia USA.
1012.jpg (42919 bytes) 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. 
1010.jpg (42708 bytes) Carcharocles subauriculatus (syn: chubutensis) 3 3/16", Middle Miocene, 13.2 - 15.2 MYO, Pungo River Formation, Beaufort Co. NC.  left collection
1219.jpg (41489 bytes) Carcharocles subauriculatus (syn: chubutensis) 3 1/16",   Middle Miocene,  Pungo River Formation,  Beaufort Co., NC USA. Incredible color. 
1206.jpg (48942 bytes) Carcharocles subauriculatus (syn: chubutensis) 2 7/16",  Middle Miocene, 13 - 15 MYO, Pungo River Formation, Beaufort Co. North Carolina USA.
subauriculatus Carcharocles subauriculatus (syn: chubutensis) 3 1/8", Middle Miocene, 13.2 - 15.2 MYO, Pungo River Formation, Beaufort Co. NC. 
682.jpg (144678 bytes) Carcharocles megalodon 6 13/16", Late Miocene(6-9 MYO, based on root protrusions), SC, USA,  
1913a.jpg (41872 bytes)1913b.jpg (47662 bytes) Otodus obliquus shark vertebrae Epoch:  Paleocene,  Age=50 - 66.5 MYO,   Khouribga Plateaux, Morocco.  
otodus obliquus 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.
Otodus obliquus ( Mackerel Shark) Paleocene Epoch, 60 - 66.5 MYO, Atlas Mnts., Morocco.     
para1_thmb.jpg (1582 bytes)parotodus.jpg (43915 bytes) 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.
Order Orectolobiformes
         Family Ginglymostomatidae
ginglymostoma_africanum2_lab.jpg (8174 bytes)ginglymostoma_africanum2_lin.jpg (10082 bytes)ginglymostoma_africanum2_basal.jpg (8214 bytes)ginglymostoma_africanum2_occlusal1.jpg (9034 bytes)ginglymostoma_africanum2_lateral.jpg (8893 bytes)ginglymostoma_africanum2_lateral1.jpg (7205 bytes) Cantioscyllium decipiens, Age: 88.5 - 91 MYO ?, Formation: ?, Epoch: Turonian ?, Upper Cretaceous, Location: Pitt Co., NC.
ginglymostoma_africanum_lin_2.jpg (7404 bytes)ginglymostoma_africanum_basal.jpg (7711 bytes)ginglymostoma_africanum_lab.jpg (6422 bytes) 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". 
blanckenhorni_morocco_lab.jpg (8759 bytes)blanckenhorni_morocco_lin.jpg (7071 bytes)blanckenhorni_basal_morocco.jpg (9837 bytes) Nebrius blanckenhorni,   lingual, labial, basal, & occlusal views(mounted on clay).  Formation:  ?, Epoch:  L. Eocene (Ypresian), Age=45 - 50 MYO, Location: Khouribga, Morocco,    
blanckenhorni_morocco_occlusal.jpg (6090 bytes) Nebrius blanckenhorni gingly_unk_lateral.jpg (7180 bytes)  Ginglymostoma sp.
gingly_unk_lab.jpg (7702 bytes)gingly_unk_lingual2.jpg (7943 bytes)gingly_unk_basal.jpg (9114 bytes) 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.
thielensis_Castle_lab.jpg (14609 bytes)thielensis_Castle_lin1.jpg (15670 bytes) Nebrius thielensis (Nurse shark)    Formation:   Castle Hayne, Epoch:  M. Eocene (Lutetian), Age=40 - 45 MYO, Location:  New Hanover Co. NC.,
         Family Rhincodontidae
rhincodon_yt.jpg (21292 bytes) 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.

Order Pristiophoriformes

          Family Pristiophoridae
1088_91.jpg (81369 bytes) 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. 
Order Squaliformes
          Family Echinorhinidae
echinorhinus_priscus.jpg (44917 bytes) Echinorhinus pristis,  Early Eocene, 50-56.5 MYO, Kazakstan.
bramble_aurora.jpg (33769 bytes) Echinorhinus blakei, Middle Miocene Epoch, Late Langhian Stage, Pungo River Formation, 13.2 - 15.2. Aurora, NC.
brasiliensis.jpg (13849 bytes) Isistius brasiliensis (Cookie Cutter Shark) Age:  5 - 7 MYO,  Hawthorn Group, Big Slough, 
Epoch:  Late Miocene, Location:  Sarasota Co. Florida,.
isistius_small.jpg (35989 bytes) 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". 
orpiensis.jpg (11491 bytes) Megasqualus orpiensis, Lower Miocene (Langenien), Location: Belgium. 
squalus1.jpg (31055 bytes) Squalus serriculus (dogshark)  Middle Miocene, 10 - 13 MYO, Kern Co., CA.
          Family Squalidae
1092_97_small.jpg (2307 bytes) Under construction.
centrosqualus.jpg (59800 bytes) Centrosqualus sp., Dorsal Spine, Demopolis Chalk Formation,  Montgomery Co., AL, USA
Order Squatiniformes
          Family Squatinidae
squatina_h.jpg (31283 bytes) Squatina prima/subserrata ?  Hertford Co., NC, Yorktown Formation, Sunken Meadow Member.
Other
Listracanthus.jpg (51437 bytes) Listracanthus hystrix, Fin Spine, Fossil Extinct Ctenacanthid Shark, Pennsylvanian Epoch,  Swope Ls. Formation, Hushpuckney Shale Member, Kansas City., Missouri, Scale 0.1". 
peripristis.jpg (48239 bytes) Peripristis semicircularis, Late Pennsylvanian Epoch, Harpersville Formation, Coleman County, Texas.
chomatodus.jpg (36992 bytes) Chomatodus sp., Middle Mississippian,   Harrodsburg Limestone Formation, Washington County, Indiana. Scale 0.1".  
campodus.jpg (44873 bytes)

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

multiplicatus.jpg (34237 bytes) Chomatodus multiplicatus, Middle Mississippian,   Salem Limestone Formation, Washington County, Indiana. Scale 0.1".  surus, jaekel
archaeomanta.jpg (16171 bytes) 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)

tiger_large_2.jpg (68947 bytes)
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