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Description: | Specimen of a fossil fish, Diplocynodon hantoniensis, collected from the Headon Hill Formation of Tertiary, Late Eocene, Priabonian age from Hamstead, Isle of Wight, Hampshire (SE England). Collected by David M. Lumsden (?).
This jaw-bone fragment with teeth is from the 'Hampshire Alligator' that had an unusually long snout. It also had unusual teeth that sat in notches rather than complete sockets. The alligator grew up to 2 metres or so in length. It lived in rivers and lagoons of a tropical swamp, quite like present-day Florida, that covered what is now Hampshire. Like modern alligators, their diet probably consisted of fish, turtles, birds and other small animals.
The specimen was found in Hampshire.
It is from the Tertiary period (65 - 1.8 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Chordata Pisces David M. (?) Lumsden | Temporal: | Tertiary period (65 - 1.8 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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