Description: Mackerel Shark tooth fossil in display case. The tooth is over 1/2" long. Includes unique display case and laminated information card. All fossils sold are authentic fossils, no replicas. Mackerel shark, (genus Lamna), either of two species of sharks in the genus Lamna. The genus includes the porbeagle, or Atlantic mackerel shark (L. nasus), and the salmon shark (L. ditropis). The name mackerel shark is also used as the common name for the family Lamnidae and the order Lamniformes (which contains the family Lamnidae).Mackerel sharks are swift, active fishes with crescent-shaped tails and slender teeth, most of which are flanked by small, sharp cusps. Both species are gray or blue-gray above and paler below. Salmon sharks can grow to a length of about 10 feet and weigh as much as 386 pounds. Porbeagles are longer and heavier, reaching lengths approaching 11.5 feet and weights of 507 pounds. They inhabit temperate oceans and seas and prey on fishes such as herring, mackerel, and salmon, sometimes taking fishermen’s catches and damaging nets in the process. Salmon sharks inhabit the North Pacific Ocean (including the Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, and the Bering and Yellow seas). Porbeagles are found across a wider area, inhabiting temperate waters in both hemispheres. SH004
Price: 8.99 USD
Location: Davenport, Iowa
End Time: 2024-10-14T18:41:45.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.99 USD
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