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From the album: Sharks
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From the album: Sharks
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From the album: Lee Creek
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From the album: Lee Creek
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From the album: Lee Creek
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From the album: Lee Creek
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From the album: Lee Creek
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Hello everyone! I am new at fossil hunting and just recently found these at the beach in Sebastian. The large tooth is 1.25” by 1” at the top (bottom?). I was wondering if anyone can tell me the type of sharks these two might have belonged to. Thank you!!
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My 5 YO son found this just over our backyard fence in a seasonal creek bed. As you can see, appears to be a nice shell fossil, but what is most interesting to my son and I is what looks to be an impression of a shark tooth. The shape looks right. What do you all think? Is that a shark tooth impression? Also, any idea of what kind of shell (gastropod?) that is? BTW, The creek is a main drainage of the Northwest flanks of Mt. Diablo in the SF Bay Area, CA, USA. Every winter rocks and boulders wash down the creek, so I cannot know the specific geological time zone, but we've found fossils a couple of miles upstream. There is a band of Miocene formation that borders the area, but certainly other geological time rock areas within the watershed as well.
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I understand that there is too little of this tooth to identify, but my husband is just so desperate to hear that one little word (meg!) that he thinks I'm just too lazy to ask. So, let me see if my assumptions here are correct (still new and learning). Found on Folly Beach (South Carolina) yesterday which I believe means it could be Oligocene to Pleistocene. So, possibly angustiden, chub, subauriculatus (I've also found auriculatus, so I'm not sure which is correct), or meg. Based on the curve, I would guess that it would be at least 3 inches if whole, which I don't think rules any of those out. The serrations are either small or just really worn, which doesn't tell me much. I think the cusps (or lack thereof) are the important identifier, which we don't have. Are my assumptions correct or is there a way to narrow it down more, such as thickness? Thanks for the help!
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My daughter found this tooth panning I'm Aurora, NC. Can anyone confirm if it's a carcharodon hastalis?
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Hey y'all. Long time lurker, first time poster and first time beach fossil hunting (previously only done stuff in TX/CO road and river cuts), so this "sand thing" is all new. I did many hours of research in an attempt to leverage this extra day I had on top of my nonprofit's staff retreat and it did not disappoint. I landed on The Sands beach and Hunting State Park - both near savannah, GA/port royal, SC and both mentioned a few times on this forum. Most of this was found on the Sands within about an hour of looking, but the shark tooth, the flatter possible turtle shell(?) piece, and a couple other interesting small pieces were after about 2-2.5 hrs walking along Hunting Island north beach. I know ID will be unlikely on most of the bones, but figured I'd try as a couple seem pretty interesting! I'm most interested in the last 2 pics as I don't care much about the lighter conglomerate-looking pieces. I recognize I messed up on the lack of scale, but I'm on the road and operating out of my car. If it helps, there's a beer can in one pic and the large (vert?) piece is close to fist-sized. Happy to post more pics in the AM if folks need them. Any help or insight is most appreciated and now that I have an account, I hope to post more often
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Found this little guy on a South Carolina beach this evening. I’m not really good with identifying the species for certain teeth so any insight is appreciated. Thx
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Hi, all, I am new (I posted on the member intro, if you want to know why I'm asking what will be a very easy question for most of you). I'm learning to identify shark teeth with the help of a book that was recommended, as well as this forum, and a few sites. This tooth is confusing me, as it doesn't look like any of the options I've seen. I have a few guesses, but can anyone help me out? Found at either Edisto or Folly Beach in SC. Large serrations on one side and very small (and worn) serrations on the other side. Very big bulge where the nutrient groove is. Thank you so much!
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Anybody know what the species is?
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Look what turned up on a New York City beach TODAY!!!! At last!!!
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From the album: Post Oak Creek
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Tiniest Shark Tooth You've Ever Seen? POC Microfossil
Mikrogeophagus posted a topic in Micro-paleontology
Just a quick post. Was picking through some washed gravel I got from Post Oak Creek back in the winter when I stumbled upon this guy. I'm surprised my screens were fine enough to catch him. Taking clear pics was a bit difficult so apologies for blurriness. I'm curious about what sort of shark would have a tooth of this size. Was it just a tiny pup or were there just really small species? The hashmarks are millimeters. I might make a post about my POC micro finds once I finish going through it and identifying stuff. It's a long process, but there are plenty of fun finds to be had. Thanks for reading!
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This tiny 2mm tooth has me absolutely stumped. It is from Hallencourt France so Campanian in age. There is nothing that matches up well in the publication. My first thought was perhaps a posterior Chiloscyllium or something along those lines but none of the Chiloscyllium in my collection have striations or some faint ridges nor do any in the paper. This tooth does. Perhaps a juvenile? The root doesn’t look Lamniformes. Doesn’t look Carcharhiniformes so I’m not seeing Scyliorhinus. My other thought was possibly a juvenile Heterodontus. I have and have seen some weird Bullhead teeth that ended up being juvenile or transitional between juvenile to adult. Pretty stumped.
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From the album: Delaware Fossils
Scapanorhyncus texanus (Roemer, 1852) From the Late Cretaceous spoils of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, Reedy Point, Delaware Microfossil - 7.6 mm Not the best example of a shark tooth, but a rare find for Reedy Point. Most shark teeth were found further west.-
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From the album: Recent Shark teeth for Identification or Comparison
Origin: Australia© Dino9876 at thefossilforum.com
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From the album: Recent Shark teeth for Identification or Comparison
Origin: Australia More information direct in the post - Here© Dino9876 at thefossilforum.com
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From the album: Recent Shark teeth for Identification or Comparison
Origin: Indonesia Gender: Male TL: 135cm© Dino9876 at thefossilforum.com
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From the album: Recent Shark teeth for Identification or Comparison
Origin: Indonesia Gender: Male TL: 135cm More information direct in the post - Here© Dino9876 at thefossilforum.com
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From the album: Recent Shark teeth for Identification or Comparison
Origin: Australia The tooth measures ca. 5mm© Dino9876 at thefossilforum.com
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