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FS264 Ray Dermal Denticle (Ray thorn)

4.19 cm. Long x 2.2 cm. Wide x 1.08 cm. High

Classification: Metazoa, Chordata, Chondrichthyes, Rajiformes, Dasyatidae, ,

Description: Ray (family Dasyatidae) dermal denticle, a.k.a. ray thorn.

Age: Miocene Epoch to Pleistocene

Location Found: United States, Florida, Parrish, Florida, NE Manatee County

Found by: dsharp1

Custodian: dsharp1

Identified by: hemipristis

References: Florida's Fossils, pp. 102-103. Vertebrate Fossils: A Neophyte's Guide, p.10.