Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
ID: | 434 |
Fossil Type: | Tooth |
Fossil Description: | Bullnose ray (not Cownose ray, not Spotted Eagle ray) |
Status: | Extant |
Relative Size: | Medium |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Myliobatiformes |
Family: | Myliobatidae |
Scientific Name (Genus species): | Myliobatis freminvillei [flat surface] (Other Myliobatis species: californica [concave or V-shaped longitudinal surface], {possibly} latidens [flat, rough surface texture], dixoni [top view not straight]) (not Rhinoptera bonasus [transverse speed-bump on |
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 |
Comments: | Lower medial file, isolated tooth from mouthplate, flat top, inverted and flattened pyramid bottom (upper plate is convex and lower plate is nearly flat) |
Collector Name: | RLD |
Image Filename 1: | DSCF4167.jpg |
Image Filename 2: | DSCF4168.jpg |