Carcharocles megalodon, Shark tooth
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Description:
One tooth fragment associated with Carcharocles (Otodus) megalodon remains that was found on the Dorchester - Colleton Co. line in or near the Edisto River.
- Site: SC; Colleton Co.; Edisto River #2
- Site Number: NH39Aa
- Era: Cenozoic
- Period: Neogene
- Epoch: Miocene
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Chondrichthyes
- Order: Lamniformes
- Family: Otodontidae
- Genus: Carcharocles
- Species: Carcharocles megalodon
- Collection: Vertebrate Paleontology Collection
- Object Name: Sharks
- Object Id: PV8
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