Specimen Name: Cosmopolitodus hastalis
Common Name: Broad-tooth mako shark; giant mako shark; broad-tooth white shark
Specimen Code: 06CHOND00089
Acquisition Method: Purchased (2016)
Locale: Polk County, Florida, USA
Formation: Bone Valley, Peace River Formation, Hawthorn Group
Geologic Time Period: Miocene Epoch
Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Chondrichthyes – Elasmobranchii – Selachimorpha – Lamniformes – Lamnidae – Cosmopolitodus – Hastalis
Description of Specimen:
A large tooth with grey roots and bluish purple enamel
Measurements of Specimen:
47mm x 27mm x 15mm
The Fossil Ark 