Fossil Squalicorax Tooth - North Carolina

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A artists reconstruction of two Squalicorax sharks circling a dead Hadrosaur.  By Dmitry Bogdanov
A artists reconstruction of two Squalicorax sharks circling a dead Hadrosaur. By Dmitry Bogdanov
a cretaceous aged fossil shark tooth from Squalicorax pristodontus, commonly known as a crow shark. It comes from the Black Creek Formation of North Carolina.

Squalicorax pristodontus is the largest species of the genus, measuring approximately 3-5 meters as adults. It would have had a body type very similar to todays grey sharks but the teeth most closely resembled that of tiger sharks.

It was likely a coastal predator, but there is evidence it was also a scavenger as evidenced by a Squalicorax tooth having been found embedded on the bone of a Hadrosaur. Hadrosaurs were terrestrial dinosaurs, so it likely had died on land and been swept out to see.
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SPECIES
Squalicorax pristodontus
LOCATION
Green Mile Run, North Carolina
FORMATION
Black Creek Formation
SIZE
1.2" wide
ITEM
#1429
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