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Tag: Aurora Fossil Park

Galeocerdo aduncus (specimens 45-52)

Extinct tiger shark teeth (G. aduncus) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Carcharhinidae, Carcharhiniformes, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, G aduncus, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Selachimorpha, sharks, teeth, tiger shark, USA, Yorktown Formation

Physogaleus contortus (specimens 36-44)

Tiger-like shark teeth (P. contortus) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Carcharhiniformes, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, P contortus, Phanerozoic, Physogaleus, Selachimorpha, sharks, teeth, USA, Yorktown Formation

Carcharodon carcharias (specimens 34-35)

Great white shark teeth (C. carcharias) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, C carcharias, Carcharodon, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, great white shark, Lamnidae, Lamniformes, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Selachimorpha, sharks, teeth, USA, white shark, Yorktown Formation

Isurus sp. (specimens 31-33)

Mako shark teeth (Isurus sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, Isurus, Isurus sp, Lamnidae, Lamniformes, mako shark, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Selachimorpha, sharks, teeth, USA, Yorktown Formation

Isurus oxyrinchus (specimens 26-30)

Shortfin mako shark teeth (I. oxyrinchus) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, I oxyrinchus, Isurus, Lamnidae, Lamniformes, mako shark, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Selachimorpha, sharks, shortfin mako, teeth, USA, Yorktown Formation

Hemipristis serra (specimens 18-25)

Snaggletooth shark teeth (H. serra) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Carcharhiniformes, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, ground sharks, H serra, Hemigaleidae, Hemipristis, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, Selachimorpha, sharks, snaggletooth shark, teeth, USA, Yorktown Formation

Rhinoptera bonasus (specimens 13-17)

Cownose ray dental plate fragments (R. bonasus) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Batoidea, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, cownose ray, Dasyatoidea, Elasmobranchii, Eukarya, Fossils, Miocene, Myliobatiformes, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, R bonasus, Rhinoptera, Rhinopteridae, skates and rays, teeth, USA, Yorktown Formation

Myliobatoidei sp. (specimens 08-12)

Stingray dental plate fragments (Myliobatoidei sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Batoidea, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chordata, Eukarya, Fossils, Miocene, Myliobatiformes, Myliobatoidei, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, skates and rays, teeth, USA, Yorktown Formation

Chondrichthyes sp. (specimens 04-07)

Shark vertebral discs (Chondrichthyes sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Animalia, Aurora Fossil Park, Cenozoic, Chesapeake Group, Chondrichthyes, Chondrichthyes sp, Chordata, Eukarya, Fossils, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Phanerozoic, sharks, USA, vertebrae, Yorktown Formation

Delphinidae sp. (specimen 17)

Dolphin tooth (Delphinidae sp.) from the Miocene epoch

Amniota, Animalia, Artiodactyla, Aurora Fossil Park, Cenozoic, Cetacea, cetaceans, Chesapeake Group, Chordata, Delphinida, Delphinidae, Delphinidae sp, Delphinoidea, dolphins and porpoises, Eukarya, Fossils, Mammalia, mammals, marine mammals, Miocene, Neogene, North America, North Carolina, Odontoceti, Phanerozoic, Synapsida (non-mammalian), teeth, Tetrapoda, Ungulata, USA, Whippomorpha, Yorktown Formation

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