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FS167 Pathological Tiger Shark Tooth

2.8 cm. Long x 1.9 cm. Wide x 0.5 cm. High

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Classification: Metazoa, Chordata, Chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes, Carcharhinidae, Galeocerdo, cuvier

Description: Galeocerdo cf. G. cuvier. Deformed possibly as a result of some injury to the germ tooth -- a pathological tooth -- the blade curves the wrong way.

Age: Miocene Epoch to Pleistocene

Location Found: United States, Florida, Peace River, FL

Found by: hamsmth4

Custodian: hamsmth4

Identified by: hemipristis, bob

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