Specimen Name: Carcharodon carcharias
Common Name: Great white shark
Specimen Code: 06CHOND00034-35
Acquisition Method: Hand collected (May 2019)
Locale: Aurora Fossil Park, Aurora, North Carolina, USA
Formation: Yorktown Formation, Chesapeake Group
Geologic Time Period: Miocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Chordata – Chondrichthyes – Elasmobranchii – Selachimorpha – Lamniformes – Lamnidae – Carcharodon – Carcharias
Description of Each Specimen:
- Specimen 34: A large, light brown tooth with striations from the root; missing the left corner of the root and tooth
- Specimen 35: A tiny, black tooth missing a chip out of the left side
Measurements of Each Specimen:
- Specimen 34: 30mm x 20mm x 5mm
- Specimen 35: 11mm x 10mm x 1mm
The Fossil Ark 