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 |