Washington DC Arthropod Biodiversity Project ...Carcharocles...auriculatis

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Scientific name: Chordata: Chondrichthyes: : : Carcharocles auriculatis
Common Name: Auriculate Great White Shark

Country: USA
State/District: NC
County: Beaufort
Date (D-M-Y): 31 - 3 - 2001

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: D. J. Shiver
Location: Martin Marietta Martin Marietta Mine

Keywords: fish fossil shark Miocene Epoch tooth
Additional Information:
Figure 1. Joel Shiver and his son D. J., Georgia Rock and Mineral Club, at the PCS Phosphate Mine, Aurora, Beaufort County, North Carolina on 31 March 2001.
Figure 2. D. J. Shiver found this tooth of the shark Charcharocles auriculatis on 31 March 2001. The tooth is from the Miocene Epoch, 24–5 million years ago.