Description: Large Squalicorax "also known as crow shark" dinosaur age shark tooth fossil in great display case. This tooth fossil is from Morocco. Squalicorax are extinct sharks that lived during the Cretaceous period. This fantastic looking tooth is just over 1" x 1". This fantastic shark tooth fossil comes in a unique display case and includes a laminated information card. All fossils sold are authentic fossils, no replicas. Squalicorax, commonly known as the crow shark, is a genus of extinct lamniform shark known to have lived during the Cretaceous period. The genus had a global distribution in the Late Cretaceous epoch. Multiple species within this genus are considered to be wastebasket taxon due to morphological similarities in the teeth.Squalicorax was a medium-sized shark, typically measuring about 5.9–9.8 ft long. The largest specimen of S. pristodontus was significantly larger, measuring up to 16 ft long.Their bodies were similar to the modern gray reef sharks, but the shape of the teeth is strikingly similar to that of a tiger shark. The teeth are numerous, relatively small, with a curved crown and serrated, up to 2.5 – 3 cm in height. Large numbers of fossil teeth have been found in Europe, North Africa, and North America. Squalicorax is one of three Cretaceous lamniformes to garner serrations along with Pseudocorax and Galeocorax.Squalicorax was a coastal predator, but also scavenged as evidenced by a Squalicorax tooth found embedded in the metatarsal (foot) bone of a terrestrial hadrosaurid dinosaur that most likely died on land and ended up in the water. Other food sources included turtles, mosasaurs, ichthyodectids, and other bony fishes and sea creatures. Tooth marks from this shark have also been found on the bones of Pteranodon, but whether the shark actively snatched such large pterosaurs out of the air, attacked them as they dove after prey, or was simply scavenging is not known. SH029
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