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Need some help confirming what type of tooth this partial specimen is. I found it along the Potomac in Virginia. I think it is a snaggletooth, but something seems weird about that diagnosis. Thanks!
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As I understand, Hemipristis serra is the extinct species which has left teeth in western Florida. When someone refers to fossil "snaggletooth shark" I assume they are from Hemipristis serra. However, when I look up snaggletooth shark, I am referred to the modern Hemipristis elongata and not serra. Is it technically correct to call H serra "snaggletooth"? Are there other species of fossil shark teeth called "snaggletooth"? Just curious.
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