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Description: | Three fossil teeth which have been identified as Lamna elegans. They are more commonly known as shark teeth. They are all complete with the roots still attached. The roots are brown in colour. The teeth have vertical lines running up them and come to a point at one end. They are white to pale brown in colour. The root end the teeth appear flattened. The two smaller teeth (B and c) both have a sharp point to them. All three are covered in a fine grained browm matrix and are very well preserved. AR/CB 07/06/2010
Three fossil shark teeth known as Lamna elegans which are approximately 40 million years old | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Fossils Geology Palaeontology Dr Fraser Collection | Temporal: | Eocene | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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