Place:

Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States, North America

Geologic Age:

Cenozoic / Neogene / Pliocene / Hemphillian

Record Last Modified:

28 Aug 2025

Site Number:

42246

Skeletal Morphology:

Skull element, tooth

Stratigraphy:

Chesapeake Group / Yorktown Fm

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Pisces Chondrichthyes Elasmobranchii Galeomorphii Lamniformes Otodontidae

Published Name:

Carcharocles megalodon

Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz, 1835)

USNM Number:

PAL293758

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Data Source:

NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3366c14a2-9f6f-4156-bd01-0065e54f21fd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhpaleobiology_3408369