Object Details
- Geologic Age
- Cenozoic - Neogene - Miocene
- Record Last Modified
- 10 Jun 2021
- Skeletal Morphology
- Skull element, tooth
- Stratigraphy
- Hawthorn Fm
- Collector
- A. H. Staples
- Place
- Coffee County, Georgia, United States, North America
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- Paleogeneral
- Fishes
- Fish Taxonomic
- Paleobiology
- Published Name
- Carcharocles megalodon
- Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz, 1835)
- Data Source
- NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
- USNM Number
- V10333
- Common name
- Fossil Great White Shark
- Mackerel Shark
- Taxonomy
- Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Pisces Chondrichthyes Elasmobranchii Galeomorphii Lamniformes Otodontidae
- Record ID
- nmnhpaleobiology_3421187
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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