Hexanchid and Orthacodontid Shark Teeth from the Lower Tertiary of Vancouver Island, British Columbia

1 January 1971

journal article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Vol. 8 (1) , 166-170
https://doi.org/10.1139/e71-013

Abstract

Teeth of the sharks Heptranchias and Orthacodus are described from beds of Upper Eocene—Lower Oligocene age on the west coast of Vancouver Island. This represents the youngest known geological occurrence of Orthacodus and is the first record of either genus in Canada.

Keywords

ORTHACODONTID SHARK
WEST COAST
BRITISH COLUMBIA
SHARK TEETH
LOWER OLIGOCENE
OLIGOCENE AGE
YOUNGEST KNOWN
COLUMBIA TEETH

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