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Bretton Kent

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College Park, MD
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    Bretton Kent posted a new activity comment 2 years, 11 months ago

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    The species shown in the photo was named Alopias palatasi in 2018 by David Ward and myself in an addendum to my chapter on the fossil cartilaginous fishes of Calvert Cliffs published in Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. The entire volume is available online (https://opensi.si.edu/index.php/smithsonian/catalog/book/107).

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      Jennifer Bauer replied 2 years, 11 months ago

      Thanks, @bkent. Is this specimen reposited at the Calvert Marine Museum or the NMNH? – Jen.

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    Bretton Kent posted a new activity comment 5 years, 9 months ago

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    It certainly looks like a serrated thresher to me, as the serrations are too large for megalodon. The mesial cutting edge is broadly convex; in megalodon from similar tooth positions it would be more sigmoidal. Also, although the shape of the root lobes is typical of the giant threshers. The one odd feature is that the neck appears wide on the…[Read more]

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    Bretton Kent commented on their own Fossil #001931 6 years, 9 months ago

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    Collected at Stratford Hall (Robert E. Lee’s ancestral home).

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    Bretton Kent commented on Victor Perez‘s Fossil #001700 6 years, 9 months ago

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    A really nice grandis.

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    Bretton Kent posted a new specimen. 6 years, 9 months ago

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    Bretton Kent has contributed specimen mFeM 49483 to myFOSSIL!

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      Jennifer Bauer replied 2 years, 11 months ago

      Hi, @bkent – Is the species unnamed or you are uncertain of the identification? I can chime in some of our sharky experts – @vperez @bill-heim @fauve-wilson to share their expertise with you.

      I think you have a typo in Chesapeake, here is some information I found on the group: https://macrostrat.org/sift/#/strat_name_concept/1021

      Talk to you soon,
      Jen

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        Bill Heim replied 2 years, 11 months ago

        Dr. Bretton Kent is a fossil shark expert. He is a professor of paleobiology at the University of Maryland. There is nothing I could add to his information.

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          Jennifer Bauer replied 2 years, 11 months ago

          Everyone can improve upon their data entry, even experts. I wonder if this has since been published on, @bkent? Let us know and we can link in the publication.

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      Bretton Kent replied 2 years, 11 months ago

      The species shown in the photo was named Alopias palatasi in 2018 by David Ward and myself in an addendum to my chapter on the fossil cartilaginous fishes of Calvert Cliffs published in Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. The entire volume is available online (https://opensi.si.edu/index.php/smithsonian/catalog/book/107).

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        Jennifer Bauer replied 2 years, 11 months ago

        Thanks, @bkent. Is this specimen reposited at the Calvert Marine Museum or the NMNH? – Jen.

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      Bill Heim replied 1 year, 9 months ago

      Type specimen

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    A new fossil has been added. Thank you for contributing!

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