Fossil Sharks of the Chesapeake Bay Region

actual sizes shown Agassiz Alopias appendiculata Appendix Aquia basal margin basal root margin benedeni bramble sharks broad Cappetta carcharhiniforms Carcharhinus Carcharias Carcharocles Chesapeake Bay area Chesapeake Bay region collected Compagno compressed conules cow shark Cretolamna denticles dentition dermal denticles desori distal egertoni enlarged for clarity Eocene Extinct Figure fossil sharks Galeocerdo genera genus Glückman goblin sharks grasping teeth hastalis heterodont hexanchiform Hexanchus hybodonts Hybodus inches Isurus labial face labial view lamniforms Late Cretaceous lateral tooth lingual lingual face lingual protuberance lower anterior tooth lower teeth Maastrichtian megalodon mesial Miocene nutrient groove nutrient pores Odontaspis Otodus Paleocene Parotodus posterior prey robust root lobes Salisbury Embayment sand tiger sharks Scapanorhynchus sediments serrations shark fossils shark teeth slender species specimens spines Squalicorax squaliform Squatina striations Striatolamia thresher sharks tooth form tooth lingual view typically upper anterior tooth upper lateral tooth upper teeth vertebral Ward and Wiest white shark