The teeth are brilliantly preserved examples of a number of species, including raggedtooth, requiem and even mackerel shark.
On the American side of the Atlantic, where it is also known as the mackerel shark, it can be found from the Gulf of St Lawrence down to S. Carolina.
The most successful and speciose group are not the lamniforms (mackerel sharks), to which Carcharodon belongs, but the carcharhiniforms, or ground sharks, many of which are large, but not notably aggressive.
Definition of mackerel shark in US English:
mackerel shark
nounˈmak(ə)rəl ˌSHärk
A shark of the family Lamnidae, especially the porbeagle or the mako.
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On the American side of the Atlantic, where it is also known as the mackerel shark, it can be found from the Gulf of St Lawrence down to S. Carolina.
The most successful and speciose group are not the lamniforms (mackerel sharks), to which Carcharodon belongs, but the carcharhiniforms, or ground sharks, many of which are large, but not notably aggressive.
The teeth are brilliantly preserved examples of a number of species, including raggedtooth, requiem and even mackerel shark.