Specimen Name: Hemipristis serra
Common Name: Snaggletooth shark
Specimen Code: 06CHOND00018-25
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 – Carcharhiniformes – Hemigaleidae – Hemipristis – Serra
Description of Each Specimen:
- Specimen 18: A large, light brown tooth with the core enamel missing and a blunted tip
- Specimen 19: A medium sized, grey tooth with black core enamel and a chip in the left side
- Specimen 20: A small, light grey tooth with fine serration on the left and coarse serration on the right
- Specimen 21: A small, tan tooth with some of the core enamel missing and a broken root
- Specimen 22: A small, light grey tooth with a pronounced root
- Specimen 23: A tiny, black tooth with a pronounced curve and warp in it – may be pathological
- Specimen 24: A medium sized, tan tooth with a large chip missing from the tip and enamel
- Specimen 25: A small, tan tooth missing its tip and part of the left lobe of the root
Measurements of Each Specimen:
- Specimen 18: 26mm x 23mm x 5mm
- Specimen 19: 25mm x 22mm x 5mm
- Specimen 20: 21mm x 20mm x 3mm
- Specimen 21: 19mm x 15.5mm x 3mm
- Specimen 22: 23mm x 13mm x 6mm
- Specimen 23: 15mm x 13mm x 3mm
- Specimen 24: 23mm x 18mm x 5mm
- Specimen 25: 19mm x 18mm x 4mm
The Fossil Ark 