Carcharhinus obscurus, Shark tooth
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Description:
One isolated upper tooth associated with dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) remains collected from a mining quarry.
- Site: SC; Dorchester Co.; Austin Sand Pits #2
- Site Number: NH40Na
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Chondrichthyes
- Order: Carcharhiniformes
- Family: Carcharhinidae
- Genus: Carcharhinus
- Species: Carcharhinus obscurus
- Formation: Possible lag ?
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Sharks
- Object Id: PV5094
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