Carcharhinus sp.
Larger image (21 kb)
Taxon: Carcharhinus sp.
Locality: Pacific Beach, San Diego County, CA
Age: Pliocene
Rock unit: San Diego Formation
Collector: W. Itano
Living sharks of the genus Carcharhinus go by various names, including
dusky sharks, bull sharks, or requiem sharks.
It would be very difficult to determine the species of this specimen with certainty.
It is 2 cm wide.
Back to Fossil home page
Back to Itano family home page
Last modified: August 22, 1998. Send comments to
webmaster@itano.net