MDEQ ISSUES TEMPORARY ADVISORY FOR HANGING MOSS CREEK IN JACKSON

This first from MS's middle Eocene Winona Formation was recently collected by Hayden Smith, in Clarke Co and is an early ancestor of extinct shark, C. megalodon. MDEQ Geologist James Starnes helped him identify the tooth and its scientific significance. #FossilFriday 2/2

Fossil shark tooth of MS's oldest known specimen of Carcharocles auriculatus. This mega-toothed shark is better known from late Eocene to early Oligocene age sediments. 1/2

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