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Sternberger Carcharias gustrowensis & Physogaleus maltzani

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On this lovely piece of Sternberger are two quite rare fossil shark teeth. The first is a about 16 mm high teeth of Carcharias gustrowensis the second one is about 4 mm x 8 mm and belongs to the species Physogaleus maltzani. Fossil shark teeth are uncommon in the Sternberger to have to on one piece is very unusual. The Sternberger what is also referred as “Sternberger Kuchen*” (=german,english = Sternberger Cake) are a glacial erratic boulders (Gerschiebe). The Sternberger does have a very local occurrence around Sternberg and Kobrow in Northern - East - Germany. It is a siderite sandstone also sometimes carbonate cement. The Sternberger have a upper Oligocene, Chattian Age. The Sternberger is one of the most deverse erratics. There are about 570 differnt fossil species known from the Sternberger Gestein.

	Location:	Sternberger Gestein, Kobrow, nothern East Germany
	Size of Fossil:	about 128 x 66 mm
	Age:	Oligocene, Chattian (about 23.03 Ma)

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