This enormous Prognathodon tooth is preserved associated with Squalicorax shark tooth
It preserves the vertebral body as well as part of the transverse processes and the neural spine
and Jambon it is about 3 metric tons composing many samples of varied sizes (from a few g to 50 kg)
Under polarized-light microscope
The matrix also has the cephalon of other unidentified species
30106 - Beautiful 2.48 Inch Gasterosteus doryssus Fossil Fish Pliocene - Nevada Glossanodon This enormous Prognathodon tooth isGasterosteus, Linnaeus 1758 (ray finned fish) Osteichthyes Acanthomorphata PaleoDB taxon number: 35861 Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1: 1 824 Parent taxon: Gasterosteidae according to O. P. Hay 1902 See also Sepkoski 2002 Sister taxon: Pungitius Subtaxa: Gasterosteus aculeatus, Gasterosteus