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Hi all, I found a couple tooth today on morning hunt in Charleston, SC. I am fairly certain the first tooth (in the first two pictures) is A. grandis. However, I am unsure if the second tooth (in the last two pictures) is A. grandis, alopias sp., or isurus. I had this discussion with @MarcoSr in another thread but they resemble each other so much I still can’t tell with my eye. happy to post additional pictures if needed and thanks in advance!!
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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 all, I had a fun haul today in Charleston, SC (full haul in the first couple pictures). I was wondering if anyone could ID the first two teeth (pictures 3, 4, 5, 6) and let me know if they are A. grandis or a lateral Isurus tooth. Also, could anyone ID the mako tooth (picture 7)? Is it C. hastalis, I. desori/oxyrinchus, or I. retroflexus/paucus? Thanks in advance!
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A year or so ago a friend of mine was moving to a new job, and he decided to downsize his collection and concentrate on his real interest, elasmobranchs (sharks/rays) and fish. As a result I inherited a number of fossils, including a Moroccan trilobite. It had a few cracks that had been crudely "repaired" with clay. Recently I decided to "restore" it, which means I removed the clay (toothbrush prep) and returned it to it's unaltered state. I initially thought it was one of the common Flexicalymene ouzregui but as I cleaned it up it looked a little bit different from that species, and also a bit familiar. I pulled up a paper (Destombes 1966) that @piranha posted here last year, and discovered that I actually had a Colpocoryphe grandis (Snajdr), a species I did not previously have in my collection. It is a decent size, 81 mm long by 41 mm wide across the free cheeks. Overall this species is similar to Flexicalymene ouzregui. The easiest to see character is the lack of pleural segments on the pygidium. The cephalon is also subtly different. Here is the figure from Destombes (1966) of Colpocoryphe grandis for comparison to my specimen:
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Hey all, I found these three teeth on a shark tooth hunt last week and a shark tooth hunt today in Charleston, SC. Just wanted to make sure I have the ID correct on them. Is the first tooth Galeocerdo mayumbensis or is it Galeocerdo cuvier? Is the second tooth Alopias grandis? Is the third tooth Alopias grandis? Thanks in advance for the help.
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Hey all, I just found a great Alopias grandis tooth today In Charleston, SC that I thought I would share. I have found a couple partial ones, but never a full one with the root.
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Hello Everyone, I’m rather fond of Giant Alopiids, and I have taken to collecting them. I find it strange that such a wonderful, yet mysterious creature remains relatively unknown and scantly studied. I may have space in my high school schedule for an independent study senior year, and I’ve considered using it to make a poster or paper on their morphology, taxonomy, phylogeny and such for The Rostrum or something. However, I’ve heard tell that there is already a comprehensive paper on giant alopiids in the works. We’ll see if there will be anything left for me to discuss. Anyway, collecting them is a slow process as they are quite rare and I am quite cheap (I have yet to find one myself). I thought I’d make a thread to show off what I have thus far and to keep them cataloged for myself. Hopefully this page will grow as time goes on Dashes are around 1 inch apart. South Carolina Alopias grandis
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I have been trying to find out some info about the tooth I have. As far as I can tell it's an alopias grandis, and much bigger than others I have seen online. I'm mainly trying to find out what it may be worth and/or where I could sell it.
