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Great White/Carcharodon carcharias Lineage/Evolution
lesofprimus posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Trying to nail down the evolutionary chain of Carcharodon carcharias and its pretty figured out until you get to the very beginnings... It seems that either Isurolamna inflata or Cretolamna schoutedini are the earliest relatives in the evolutionary development of carcharias, but I'm looking for some expert advice.... I know that Carcharodon plicatilis is rightfully disputed but is included as a reference... Isurolamna inflata ? Macrorhizodus praecursor Carcharodon hastalis Carcharodon plicatilis Carcharodon hubelli Carcharodon carcharias Cretolamna schoutedini ? Macrorhizodus praecursor Carcharodon hastalis Carcharodon plicatilis Carcharodon hubelli Carcharodon carcharias
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Hi. I am over the moon with this find. I usually find only find 10-20 teeth on the beach each summer. I have only found 3 teeth all summer on the beach. Mainly because I am spending more time with the kids than searching. But tonight was low tide…. Three steps into looking….. so excited it’s 1 inch and perfect!!!!!
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Found this lastnight and call me a rookie but I can't identify if she's a GW or a Meg tooth for the life of me! Beautiful 1.75in almost mother of pearl color with lighting bolt markings (common for the area I explore). No serrations and the root is higher up on the tooth which makes me think GW right!? But then it looks as if the root which typically dips lower on Meg teeth is missing but at some point in time was there! I don't know and when I Google Lens her it says she's an arrowhead??? Plz end my inner mystery...help lol! Jeez I love this stuff 20210805_071105.heic 20210805_071114.heic 20210805_070950.heic 20210805_070943.heic
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Hi all, I went out for a quick shark tooth hunt this evening in Charleston, SC and had some awesome luck! I found these two Alopias grandis teeth right next to each other! They measure at 1.575 inches and are much larger than the other ones I have found. I also found a small lower Great White with a fully in tact root for the first time which have been hard to come by in Charleston. Love the dark blue crown and light colored root on it. Of course my phone died after I took the in situ picture of the Great White so I couldn’t get any in situ pictures of the two Alopias grandis teeth.
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Hey Guys! This one is probably a lot more obvious than I'm making it. My head says Megalodon due to the age of Bone Valley and the size, but my gut says white shark due to no Bourlette, the shape of the enamel where it meets the root on the distal and mesial side, and the serrations. So I decided to seek out an outside opinion. This is from Bone Valley Florida. Any insight is greatly appreciated!
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Beautiful weather forecast and Green Mill Run is low enough to hunt. Even knowing I rarely find much worth displaying, sometimes you just need a day in the field so I coerce cajole one of my housemates to take the morning and have a little adventure. Even with every intention to only use the screen with the larger size mesh, nevertheless within the first dozen shovels we are using the smaller mesh. I suppose if we are ever really serious about leaving behind the little fossils, we will have to leave behind the small mesh screen! But that is hard to do when we find such little gems as shown in the photos. 1) Lovely little ray scute – first find of the day. Overjoyed! 2) Sturgeon scute – not something we’ve found here before 3) Great white teeth – it is just so great to find one, let alone 2 (the root on the smaller one would have been rather robust) 4) Coprolite – we always enjoy finding these and presume they are largely from the cretaceous Peedee 5) Squalicorax … a kaupi, a bassani and an unidentified one with damage removing diagnostic feature 6) Galeocerdo cuvier, so we know we have some pliocene Yorktown 7) WHAT? See closer photos. They are both regularly serrated though worn. One has a nutrient groove so thinking carcharhinus. The other ... if it was big, it would be a meg (still learning how to get decent photos of small fossils!) 8) Belemnitella Americana 9) This is either a fish tooth or a phosphate pebble that has chipped in a perfectly round circle to resemble a root 10 Rhombodus sp (too worn to speciate) 11) Tiny little shark vert! 12) Turtle shell, various species And now, I can go place a bid for Sacha’s agatized corals!
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Why are fossilized Great White Shark Teeth few and far between?
Jess1313 posted a topic in Questions & Answers
I've been looking around for a fossilized great white shark tooth for some time now and it seems like there just aren't many to choose from. The price also seems crazy for them. Are they more desirable than other fossilized shark teeth? It seems like I can get a small Meg for the cost of a Great White. My aunt has been wanting one, but I'm more confused on the price and availability of them. Are they more rare than Megs? Or are they just more desired? I don't want to get a modern one because of the way sharks are hunted. Does anyone know of why the prices and availability are they way they are?- 17 replies
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Hey all! I was wondering if you could tell me whether this tooth is C. Hubbelli or C. Carcharias? It’s 1.23” long and from Chile. TIA
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Is this a great white tooth? Got this in a lot from Florida.
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I have here an alleged Carcharodon carcharias tooth from the Pliocene of Surabaya, West Java, Indonesia. It's 1.8 cm in length. I have my suspicions because it looks wide like a Meg. I'd like some further opinions. Thank you, Bellamy
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Looking for opinions On whether BV transitional GW or not.
PrehistoricWonders posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hey everyone! i was wondering If I could get your opinion on two things with this tooth. 1)does this look like It was found in a BV, golden beach, Etc. location? 2)I had someone suggest that this may be a transitional GW, due to the fact that the serrations are uneven, and get larger, and smaller depending on where you look, even though the serrations don’t seem damaged.
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I went on a quick hunt this morning. Couldn’t find much at all, only one small tooth, and then stumbled upon this Great White tooth. I have found a lot of teeth in the Charleston, SC area but this is the best Great White I have found to date. I was pretty pumped!
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The two larger teeth were assumed to be megs when I found them Saturday in a housing development outside of Bradenton, Florida. When I arrived back home and looked closer, I began questioning if they could be Great White. The third tooth confuses me. I have not seen this thin enamel in the shark teeth I find. Is it fish (Barracuda?) instead?
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Found several Great White shark teeth in the creek last weekend along with a few makos. . My best find was this Great White (2-1/2") below. It has all serrations and a complete root. Also, found one partial whale inner ear bone (periotic) and one small croc tooth. The creek was really running high and fast the day before. due to rain on Friday.
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Hi guys, I went on a walk on the beach looking for shells, but I ended up finding some shark teeth... one of which is this great white tooth! I was wondering if it is a file tooth, and wanted someone to confirm it’s a great white and a file tooth cause I’ve never seen a GW from NJ or a file GW. TIA
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I made it to the beach last Saterday. We had a storm that came through and it was very windy. I found all the usual little teeth/bone fragements. This was the highlight of the day though. It's not big probably just over an inch, but the condition and colors are amazing and it's the first great white I have found on the beach in this area. I have found a bunch of other cool stuff this year too in the river, but I need to actually post it.
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May you give me some extra information about this Megalodon (actually Great White...) tooth?
Luccasforza posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi everyone! This tooth was found at Perú, at Nazca desert zone. I'm supposing that is a Megalodon tooth but maybe, you experts, could give me some more extra information about kind of Megalodon, size or age... I don't know really, but my son is asking me about and some more expert information will help me a lot ;-). The size for rule is in centimeters. Thank you very much for your kindness!
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Hi all! ive had these teeth in my collection for probably more then 4 decades and I always had them in with my meg teeth. But recent posts I’ve seen have me questioning that. They were given to Me When I was a kid starting out so I have no location or formation information. They may be too badly damaged for a positive I.d. But I thought I’d give it a try. Number 2 I’m still fairly sure is a meg Becuase the burlette is pronounced but number 1 and 3 are the ones I’m questioning. Thank you in advance!
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This is advertised as a Megalodon, but it looks Great White to me. I'm not sure if the bourlette is in fact absent or simply worn off. It's almost 2 3/4", so it would be a formidable Great White if it is one. Location isn't mentioned
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I recently bought some fossil shark teeth from the St. Johns River in Florida (recovered by a diver), which includes some megs and makos. A couple of the teeth--pictured below--also look like they could possibly be great white teeth, but I'm not sure. These are approximately the same size--the tooth on the left measures 2.3" and 2.1" along its slants and the other measures 2.1" on both sides. I think the one on the right is probably a meg as it looks like there may be thin bourlette. The one on the left doesn't appear to have a bourlette; however it obviously has some root wear, so it's possible a bourlette has eroded away. I've included additional photos below. What do you think about these? Any help in ID'ing them is much appreciated. Thanks! More pictures of the tooth on the left: More pictures of the tooth on the right:
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Had an amazing day at the river this morning and found the best teeth I have found to date! Largest semi-complete meg, and two great whites over 2”! The largest being 2.25” which is my new best GW. I saw the corner of the largest great white sticking out of the formation and low and behold it was complete (minus 2-3 serrations near the root), and super sharp! The others were found in gravel beds around a fallen tree.
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I had a banged up Great White tooth; the root was almost completely missing, and the top of the crown was, too. I decided to restore it, mostly for fun. A bit of epoxy putty and paint later, the root is completely reconstructed and I reckon it looks pretty decent.
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Hey everyone! I've been offline for a very long time (too long ), but I'm finally back in the fossil game! I celebrated the start of the summer vacation the right way with quite a few hunts in Antwerp, and those hunts didn't disappoint When in Antwerp I especially look for shark teeth, but we find other stuff as well (bones and teeth of mammals), which I might make another post about We've also been on a mini vacation to the Belgian Ardennes so stay tuned for more photo spam One of the first finds was this beautiful C. hastalis (bonus points if you spot the matching nail polish ) A pic of how we find them around here Had a lucky day when we found this P. benedeni! Another lucky day when we found this beautiful hastalis And another VERY lucky day when found this beast of a C. carcharias This is the first we've found in all those years of searching for shark teeth!! (they're very rare here in Antwerp) We just couldn't believe our luck with this one Can't wait to explore this location further the coming weeks I hoped you enjoyed this summary of our hunts! Of course we find more teeth than just the 'picture perfect' ones, but these are definitely the highlights Kind regards, Angie
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Trying to get a ID. I was wondering if this was a Carcharodon hubbellii? Or what species it maybe. Thanks in advance
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Hi, I found this tooth in Florida Miocene Polk county. There are serration impressions on it but I don’t know you can see them from the pics.
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