Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
| ID: | 18 |
| Fossil Type: | Tooth |
| Fossil Description: | Red Drum fish |
| Status: | Extant |
| Relative Size: | Medium |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii (Klein, 1885) |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Sciaenidae |
| Scientific Name (Genus species): | Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766) |
| Era/Period: | Cenozoic/Tertiary |
| Epoch/Age: | Miocene/Eocene |
| MYA: | 5 to 23/55 |
| Discovery Location (Water, Land): | Atlantic Ocean, Manasquan River Inlet |
| Discovery Location (City, ST): | Manasquan, NJ |
| Discovery Location (County): | Monmouth |
| Deepest Formation: | Manasquan |
| Color: | Black |
| Dimensions: | 0.3"L |
| Comments: | Crusher type tooth, convex top, concave bottom |
| Collector Name: | RLD |
| Image Filename 1: | DSCF3595.jpg |
| Image Filename 2: | DSCF3600.jpg |