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FS316 Aberrant Dusky Shark Tooth

2.0 cm. Long x 1.8 cm. Wide x 0.5 cm. High

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Classification: Metazoa, Chordata, Chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes, Carcharhinidae, Carcharhinus, obscurus

Description: This anterior upper tooth of a dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) has anomalies along both edges of the crown.

Age: Miocene Epoch to Pleistocene

Location Found: United States, Florida, Peace River, near Wauchula, FL

Found by: Cindy DeRouin

Custodian: fossilweb

Identified by: Ed DeRouin

References: Fossil Shark Teeth of the World, p.67