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From the album: Aquia Formation
© bthemoose
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From the album: Aquia Formation
Some serration and tip damage but this is a really nice and huge Palaeocarcharodon (measures 34.2 mm on the slant) for the formation© bthemoose
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I was fortunate to find an excellent Palaeocarcharodon orientalis tooth this morning at Douglas Point (Paleocene, Aquia Formation) in Maryland. I thought it was an Otodus obliquus at first but then I bent down and saw the serrations. The tip is a little dinged, but it has a solid root, shiny enamel, both cusplets, and those classic ragged serrations. At a little over 34 mm long, it's quite large for the site. I also found my first section of fossilized croc jaw (also just over 34 mm long) today, which still has two teeth. The crown of the tooth on the left is missing (the tooth on the right is also damaged) but you can see the replacement tooth poking out just below the jaw line. A tiny Otodus obliquus tooth (a smidge over 12 mm long) helped further round out a very successful day!
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I want to show you this great tooth that i got on my birthday. I never saw a tooth like this so i am very intrigued about this ... Some information: He is regarded as the ancestor of the great white shark, though this is not directly descended from him. Palaeocarcharodon teeth in good quality have become almost impossible to find in Morocco. My tooth is 4.5 cm long, about 60 millions years old (Palaeocene) and was found in Khouribga, Plateau des Phosphates, Marokko. Do you have some teeth like this ?
