Collector:

Peter J. Harmatuk Sr.  Search this

Place:

Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States, North America

Geologic Age:

Cenozoic / Neogene / Miocene / Middle

Record Last Modified:

18 Sep 2025

Site Number:

42246

Skeletal Morphology:

Skull element, tooth

Stratigraphy:

Chesapeake Group / Pungo River Fm

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Pisces Chondrichthyes Elasmobranchii Galeomorphii Lamniformes Otodontidae

Published Name:

Carcharocles megalodon

Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz, 1835)

USNM Number:

PAL355811

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Data Source:

NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f1893d2b-7395-4d52-936a-19c557a34ccd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhpaleobiology_3418497