Elasmobranch Fossil
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Neogene - Pliocene
label: Notes
content: This fossilized vertebra is from the spine of an elasmobranch fish, which is a shark whose skeleton is made of cartilage. This cylindrical vertebra exhibits growth rings, which indicate the age range of the shark. Shark vertebrae, for example, have concentric and opaque bands like this one. This vertebra has a 2.5cm diameter and a 3.75cm height.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Nov 2020
label: Stratigraphy
content: Yorktown
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Lee Creek mine near Aurora, North America, United States, North Carolina, Beaufort County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Galeoidea
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO50410
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii, Cladodontomorphi, Galeoidea