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Hexanchus agassizi
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Taxonomy
Sixgill Cowshark
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Hexanchiformes
Family: Hexanchidae
Genus: Hexanchus
Species: Hexanchus agassizi
Author Citation Cappetta, H. (1976)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
Stratigraphy
Castle Hayne Formation
Provenance
Collector: Don Rideout
Acquired by: Field Collection
Location
Private Marl Pit
Jones County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
This is an upper and lower tooth of an uncommon Eocene species. The lower tooth is approximately 17.4 mm wide and the upper is approximately 7.8 mm wide.
Reference:
Cappetta, H. (1976)
Sélaciens nouveaux du London Clay de l'Essex (Yprésien du Bassin de Londres). Geobios, 9(5), 551–575Chandler, Richard 2015. Fossil Fish, Volume 3 of 4. North Carolina Fossil Club, page 16.
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