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First report in the fossil record of a shark tooth embedded in a pinniped bone
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- 1. Department of Paleontology, Calvert Marine Museum, P.O. Box 97, Solomons, Maryland 20688 (United States) and Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th Street & Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20013-7012 (United States)
- 2. Fir Road, St. Leonard, Maryland 20685 (United States)
- 3. Chef de travaux Directorate of Earth and History of Life, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, 29 rue Vautier, Brussels 1000 (Belgium) and Senior researcher, FunMorph Lab, Department of Biology, Antwerp University, Campus Drie Eiken, 1 Universiteitsplein, Antwerp 2610 (Belgium) and Research affiliate, EDDy Lab, Department of Geology, Liège University, Quartier Agora, 14 Allée du six Août, Liège 4000 (Belgium)
- 4. Visiting Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies Department, St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City, 47645 College Drive, St. Mary's City, Maryland 20686-3001 (United States)
- 5. Daybreak Studios 4022 15th Street, Chesapeake Beach, Maryland 20732 (United States)
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Godfrey, Stephen J., Murdoch, Paul, Dewaele, Leonard, Perez, Victor J., Schumaker, Clarence (2024): First report in the fossil record of a shark tooth embedded in a pinniped bone. Comptes Rendus Palevol 23 (8): 107-118, DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a8, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/cr-palevol2024v23a8
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