Negaprion brevirostris (specimens 63-65)

Specimen Name: Negaprion brevirostris
Common Name: Lemon shark
Specimen Code: 06CHOND00063-65
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 – Negaprion – Brevirostris

Description of Each Specimen:

• Specimen 63: Tooth with pale tan enamel, peg-shape, root with lobes (tip broken off right lobe), straight
• Specimen 64: Tooth with pale enamel, peg-shape, root with lobes, straight
• Specimen 65: Tooth with light brown enamel, root with lobes, straight

Measurements of Each Specimen:

• Specimen 63: 9mm x 13mm x >1mm
• Specimen 64: 8mm x 11mm x >1mm
• Specimen 65: 9mm x 12mm x >1mm