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    • CALIFORNIA FOSSIL SIXGILL COW SHARK HEXANCHUS TOOTH IN SHARKTOOTH HILL SANDSTONE *STH021
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    CALIFORNIA FOSSIL SIXGILL COW SHARK HEXANCHUS TOOTH IN SHARKTOOTH HILL SANDSTONE *STH021

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    Hexanchus andersoni (Sixgill Shark) and Isurus planus (Hook Tooth Mako)
    FOUND:
    Temblor Formation (Sharktooth Hill) - Bakersfield, CA, U.S.A.
    AGE:
    MIDDLE MIOCENE: 15 - 11.6 million years
    SIZE:
    Matrix is 5.75" x 4.25" overall, Hexanchus tooth is 1.3" long
    CONDITION:
    NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION. TEETH STABILIZED IN ORIGINAL FOSSIL-BEARING SANDSTONE
    NOTE:
    A SUPER-RARE TOP QUALITY SIXGILL HEXANCHUS FOSSIL TOOTH IN THE ORIGINAL SANDSTONE AS FOUND FROM THIS FAMOUS CALIFORNIA SITE!E IN CALIFORNIA!
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    SEE MORE SIXGILL & SEVENGILL COW SHARK FOSSILS

    This superb, LARGE display piece of original fossil-bearing Sharktooth Hill sandstone contains a RARE fossil tooth of the extinct Sixgill Cow Shark Hexanchus andersoni.  The tooth is complete with stunning rich pumpkin orange enamel still showing a natural luster.  Also found in the sandstone next to it is a Hook Tooth Mako Isurus planus fossil tooth.  Other naturally occurring fossils can also be seen in the sandstone piece where the tooth was found.  A great display and educational shark fossil to show what the surrounding soil is like in which these famous fossil shark teeth are found in.  The matrix also often includes other fossil bones and teeth of fish, sea lion, whales and dolphins of various species.

    HISTORY

    Cow sharks are a shark family, the Hexanchidae, characterized by an additional pair or pairs of gill slits.  Its 37 species are placed within the 10 genera: Gladioserratus, Heptranchias, Hexanchus, Notidanodon, Notorynchus, Pachyhexanchus, Paraheptranchias, Pseudonotidanus, Welcommia, and Weltonia.

    Cow sharks are considered the most primitive of all the sharks, as their skeletons resemble those of ancient extinct forms, with few modern adaptations.  Their excretory and digestive systems are also unspecialised, suggesting they may resemble those of primitive shark ancestors.  Their most distinctive feature is the presence of a sixth, and, in two genera, a seventh, gill slit, in contrast to the five found in all other sharks.  

    Cow sharks are ovoviviparous, with the mother retaining the egg cases in her body until they hatch.  They feed on relatively large fish of all kinds, including other sharks, crustaceans and carrion.

    The only fossil records of the cow shark consist of mainly only isolated teeth

    The rich Miocene fossil deposit known as "Sharktooth Hill" located in Bakersfield (Kern County), California has a reputation as the finest and most diverse fossil deposit of Miocene sharks, rays, bony fishes, turtles, birds and mammals (both marine and terrestrial) of the entire Pacific realm of North America.  The formation is a result of silt spilling out of a prehistoric river delta into a Middle Miocene sea that once covered central California over 12 million years ago.  This river originated in the nearby mountains east of Bakersfield.  The fossil-bearing layer is thin ranging an average of only 6" - 18" thick but it spans approximately 100 square miles! 

    The 15 million year old bone bed in Bakersfield, California has a remarkable concentration of fossil specimens sometimes reaching up to several hundred specimens per cubic yard.  It is also one of the most diverse, containing an extensive list of around 140 different vertebrate species as well as many invertebrates and plants.  Of course, it is most famous for its fossil shark teeth!  

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    ID Hexanchus andersoni (Sixgill Shark) and Isurus planus (Hook Tooth Mako)
    FOUND Temblor Formation (Sharktooth Hill) - Bakersfield, CA, U.S.A.
    AGE MIDDLE MIOCENE: 15 - 11.6 million years
    SIZE Matrix is 5.75" x 4.25" overall, Hexanchus tooth is 1.3" long
    CONDITION NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION. TEETH STABILIZED IN ORIGINAL FOSSIL-BEARING SANDSTONE
    NOTE A SUPER-RARE TOP QUALITY SIXGILL HEXANCHUS FOSSIL TOOTH IN THE ORIGINAL SANDSTONE AS FOUND FROM THIS FAMOUS CALIFORNIA SITE!E IN CALIFORNIA!
    :: Includes a LIFETIME GUARANTEE Certificate of Authenticity & Condition / History Sheet

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