Virginia Ray Dental Plate
Miocene-Pleistocene
About Virginia Ray Dental Plate
The Virginia Ray Dental Plate is a fish fossil dating to the Miocene-Pleistocene. Ray Dental Plate is a realistic Virginia fossil profile built around flattened crushing plate from rays common in phosphate and estuarine fossil lag. In this state, success usually comes from learning calcareous cliffs, shell beds, and estuary gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
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Identification Tips
- ●mosaic chewing surface
- ●rectangular plate segments
- ●dark phosphatic color
- ●Check calcareous cliffs, shell beds, and estuary gravels
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