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I made it out to the Potomac yesterday in Maryland and finally found a 2" (almost) Otodus obliquus tooth! IMG_5728.mp4 It's worn and missing both cusplets unfortunately (have to have a reason to keep looking, right?), but this has been near the top of my Maryland bucket list fossils. It's tad less than 2" (1.91"/48.6 mm), but also very wide (1.38"/35.1 mm) with a nice chunky root. I'll round up. Here it is next to my previous largest Otodus personal find (1.59"/40.4 mm), from February. The new one is
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I purchased a large (3.35"), partially exposed Moroccan Otodus obliquus tooth in matrix a few months ago with the intent of prepping it out and, hopefully, revealing a complete tooth. Having never prepped a fossil before, I consulted some TFF threads for suggestions on tools, before ultimately settling on a pocket scriber. I neglected to take a photo of the original fossil before I did any prep, but here's one from the seller: When the tooth arrived, I scraped a small amount of the matrix away, but I didn't get all that far before setting the tooth aside on
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From the album: Sharks
A rare symphyseal from Otodus obliquus. ~ 2.5 cm max. slant height.-
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From the album: Sharks
Otodus obliquus Ouled Abdoun Basin, Morocco This species is a candidate for an evolutionary ancestor to the megalodon in the Eocene.-
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I found this perfect little tooth today along the Potomac River in Maryland (Paleocene, Aquia Formation), which I think may be an Otodus obliquus parasymphyseal. The root isn't as oversized as megatooth shark parasymphyseals I've seen posted elsewhere on the forum, but it sure looks like an Otodus, is laterally compressed, and is quite tiny compared to other Otodus I've found. @MarcoSr, @siteseer, @Al Dente, and others, what do you think? This tooth bears similarities to another I found from this location several weeks ago (tooth on the right
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I made a trip out to Douglas Point today and had one of those incredible fossil days that just makes you want to head out over and over again. There were two cars in the lot already when I arrived early this morning but their occupants must have been up to something else because I never saw them and I had the beach all to myself for most of the day. It was a chilly but beautiful morning on the banks of the Potomac. There's just no better sight at Douglas Point than a nice Otodus obliquus tooth waiting for you in the sand.
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lower symphyseal Otodus obliquus tooth from the Eocene of Virginia
MarcoSr posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I just found this 17mm tooth today (see the below pictures) in matrix that I collected from the Eocene, Nanjemoy Formation, of Virginia awhile back. I thought that the tooth was an Otodus obliquus symphyseal tooth and sent a PM to Lutz Andres to get his opinion of the tooth. He responded back: “Hi, it's a lower symphyseal Otodus or Parotodus, and 17 mm is a bit large for Parotodus.” Because of the 17mm size and the fact that Parotodus is not reported from this Formation, I’m going with the Otodus ID. I have a number of Otodus obliquus symphyseals from Morocco but thi- 15 replies
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PrehistoricWonders posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
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First official post! Drove to Nanjemoy with my wife to shark tooth hunt for the day. Wewere the only people there when we arrived, usually it can be pretty packed with cars. Usually we find a lot of smaller teeth and a somewhat longer sand tigers. We found two of the otodus up at the high tide line within 15 minutes of each other after walking down the beach and were both really shocked and excited. Decided to stop and eat lunch and that’s when I found the biggest and by far the biggest we have ever found and in such great condition. Only the tip of the tooth was sticking out when I spotted it
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From the album: Cenozoic Sharks
An Otodus, but with 'shoulders' instead of the traditional cusplets. -
From the album: Cenozoic Sharks
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An interesting Otodus obliquus from Khouribga, Morocco, featuring only one cusplet, and one 'shoulder'. -
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An interesting Otodus obliquus from Khouribga, Morocco, featuring only one cusplet, and one 'shoulder'. -
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Otodus obliquus Charles County, Maryland Potomac River© Matthew Brett Rutland
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Hi! I would like to exchange these fossils for Miocene material or Mesozoic/Cenozoic echinoids/corals. Unfortunately, I can only trade with european members. 1-Mosasaur teeth;spinosaur tooth;otodus obliquus tooth (if you need more info, please pm me).
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Three specimens acquired from a trade with @gavialboy Specimens are from an undisclosed location within the Aquia Formation linked to Purse State Park.
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There are some scientific theories in support of this shark being the great grandfather of C. megalodon. This species was one of the major oceanic predators of the Eocene and the shark at it's time was the largest of the Eocene sharks known in the fossil record. O. obliquus went extinct during the mid-Eocene and the largest shark to continue the line of mega-sharks was C. auriculatus. Both O. obliquus and C. auriculatus had cusps on both sides of the tooth root. O. obliquus teeth can grow up to a couple of inches implying the shark would have been anywhere from one and a half to twice the size
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This is what I believe to be an Otodus but I've never heard of one from Southeast Alabama. It was found where the Lisbon and Tallahatta formations run together in SE Al. The guy that found it was simply playing at a waterfall with his kids and this popped out of the sand...it's his 1st tooth so he was very ecstatic and proudly brought it in to my office asking what it was. It's right at 2-1/2" long and 1-1/4" wide...no serrations and only has one cusp. Am I missing some other possibility or is it an Otodus? As always, any comments are appreciated!
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From the album: Megalodon Ancestors
3.2 inch Otodus obliquus from Morocco. I know what you may be thinking, can he not read the caliper. Actually, I was paying more attention to the camera settings that properly measuring the tooth in this photo. If you notice, I am doing a poor job of measuring the largest slant length in the photo...duh! The longest side is actully the one opposite to the side being measured. I noticed this and remeasured to confirm that the tooth is 3.2 inches on the longest slant and 3.0 inches on the shorter slant which is shown in the photo. -
From the album: Megalodon Ancestors
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From the album: Megalodon Ancestors
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From the album: Megalodon Ancestors
3.2 inch Otodus obliquus from Morocco
