.48" Fossil Cow Shark (Notorynchus) Tooth - Maryland

This is a fossil tooth of Notorynchus cepedianus, a seven gill shark, commonly referred to as a Cow Shark. It's Miocene in age (~5-15 million years old) and was collected from the Calvert Cliffs area of Maryland.

This shark has a large, thick body, with a broad head and blunt snout. The top jaw has jagged, cusped teeth and the bottom jaw has comb-shaped teeth. It lived in shallow water and was an opportunistic predator feeding on animals along the bottom.
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SPECIES
Notorynchus cepedianus
LOCATION
Calvert Cliffs, Maryland
FORMATION
Calvert Formation
SIZE
.48" long
ITEM
#71089
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