Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
ID: | 299 |
Fossil Type: | Tooth |
Fossil Description: | Giant Mako shark - Bigtooth, or Great White (Pointer) shark |
Status: | Extinct |
Relative Size: | Large (crown fragment) |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Scientific Name (Genus species): | Isurus hastalis or Carcharodon carcharias |
Era/Period: | Cenozoic/Tertiary |
Epoch/Age: | Eocene (Mid Miocene to Late Eocene 7 to 49 mya) |
MYA: | 34 to 55 |
Discovery Location (Water, Land): | Shark River |
Discovery Location (City, ST): | Wall/Neptune, NJ |
Discovery Location (County): | Monmouth |
Deepest Formation: | Shark River/Manasquan undifferentiated |
Color: | Grey crown |
Comments: | Hollow crown fragment |
Collector Name: | RLD |
Image Filename 1: | DSCF3981.jpg |
Image Filename 2: | DSCF3979.jpg |