Tooth Of Shark 50,000,000 Years Ago
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WHANGAREI, Jain. 11. There was recently unearthed, at the Purua lime works in the vicinity of Whangarei, a tooth 21 inches long, \ 1| inches in width and of a thickness varying to five-eighths of an inch. Almost black in colour with a shiny surface, its edges were serrated. Dispatched to the Geological Sur- 6 vey Office, Wellington, the ActingDirector has now identified it as a tooth belonging to an extinct species of shark whieh lived about 50,000,000 years ago. A simila^tooth was found in greensand at pahi, in the Kaipara distriet, some time ago. &
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 January 1949, Page 5
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103Tooth Of Shark 50,000,000 Years Ago Chronicle (Levin), 12 January 1949, Page 5
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