This image is of
Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre, 1788) fossil shark teeth on display at
Mace Brown Museum of Natural History (August 2017). This extinct animal
was also known as a sixgill cow shark. It dates to the Pliocene Epoch
(about 4.5 million years ago), Neogene Period. The fossils were found in Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA.
The Mace Brown Museum of Natural History is located at the College of
Charleston, 202 Calhoun Street, 2nd Floor, Charleston, South Carolina
29424.
Learn more at their blog:
http://blogs.cofc.edu/macebrownmuseum/
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