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Shark
Record Number
WDS460
Fossil Description
Skull with teeth articulated in jaws. Acid prepared from nodule. Shows cartilage of the skull.
Taxonomy
Class
Chondrichthyes
Order
Hybodontiformes
Genus
Hybodus
Species
reticulatus
General stratigraphy
(ex situ)
Formation
Charmouth Mudstone
Member
Black Ven Mudstone
Period
Jurassic
Epoch
Lower Jurassic
Age
Sinemurian
Location Area
Black Ven
Other Images
Date Of Find
05/01/1998
Date Recorded
12/06/2023
Common Name
Shark
Category
2