Specimen Name: Carcharocles megalodon
Common Name: Megalodon
Specimen Code: 06CHOND00072
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 – Otodontidae – Carcharocles – Megalodon
Description of Specimen:
Half of a bulky black tooth with striation and shape consistent with smaller megalodon teeth
Measurements of Specimen:
27.5mm x 12mm x 5.5mm
The Fossil Ark 