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Somniosus microcephalus

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A 1 cm long very rare upper tooth of Somniosus microcephalus from a sand pit near Antwerp.

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Pleistocene and Miocene fossils

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  • Taken with Canon Canon PowerShot SX730 HS
  • Focal Length 4.3 mm
  • Exposure Time 1/400
  • f Aperture f/4.0
  • ISO Speed 80
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Bone guy

Cant say Ive every seen a fossil tooth from a Greenland shark. Nice one!

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On Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 7:49 PM, Innocentx said:

Interesting root structure!

Thanks! Yeah it looks a bit creepy :ninja::P

 

20 hours ago, Bone guy said:

Cant say Ive every seen a fossil tooth from a Greenland shark. Nice one!

Thanks :) I found a lower tooth last year:

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/gallery/image/46485-somniosus-microcephalus/

But I think upper teeth are rarer than lower teeth.  Before I found this one I never saw an upper tooth as well.

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