Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
ID: | 114 |
Fossil Type: | Tooth |
Fossil Description: | Sclerorhynchid (Sawfish) shark (rostral denticle, not oral) |
Status: | Extinct |
Relative Size: | Large (crown portion) |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Rajiformes (Berg, 1940) |
Family: | Sclerorhynchidae (Cappetta, 1974) |
Scientific Name (Genus species): | Ischyrhiza mira (Leidy, 1856) |
Era/Period: | Mesozoic/Cretaceous |
Epoch/Age: | Maastrichtian |
MYA: | About 72 |
Discovery Location (Water, Land): | Poricy Brook |
Discovery Location (City, ST): | Middletown, NJ |
Discovery Location (County): | Monmouth |
Deepest Formation: | Navesink |
Color: | Dark grey and black crown |
Dimensions: | 1"L |
Comments: | Root missing, rostral tooth from saw blade of extinct sawfish |
Collector Name: | EMD/NAD |
Image Filename 1: | DSCF3593.jpg |
Image Filename 2: | DSCF3592.jpg |