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Carcharocles megalodon
Object Details
- Geologic Age
- Cenozoic - Neogene - Pliocene - Early
- Record Last Modified
- 17 Oct 2024
- Site Number
- 42246
- Skeletal Morphology
- skull element, upper left lateral tooth
- Stratigraphy
- Chesapeake Group - Yorktown Fm - Sunken Meadow Mbr
- Data Source
- NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
- Collection Date
- 1985
- USNM Number
- PAL489128
- Collector
- Peter J. Harmatuk Sr.
- Place
- Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States, North America
- Published Name
- Carcharocles megalodon
- Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz, 1835)
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- Paleogeneral
- Fishes
- Fish Stratigraphic
- Paleobiology
- Taxonomy
- Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Pisces Chondrichthyes Elasmobranchii Galeomorphii Lamniformes Otodontidae
- Record ID
- nmnhpaleobiology_3578433
- Usage
- CC0
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