Specimen Name: Carcharhinus falciformis
Common Name: Silky shark
Specimen Code: 06CHOND00069
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 – Carcharhinidae – Carcharhinus – Falciformis
Description of Specimen:
A small, mostly straight grey tooth with dark enamel near the root
Measurements of Specimen:
14.5mm x 15mm x 2mm
The Fossil Ark 