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Hi! This shark tooth (?) was found along a Delaware, USA beach. Though I do find great joy in finding fossils/artifacts, I am not a hunter, nor do I have any knowledge of this type of thing. What I know: - Found in Delaware, USA on the sandy shoreline of the beach. - It is about 4cm (~1.5 inches) at the top. - Photos below! Can you tell me: - Who this belonged to? - How old it is? Thank you so very much! front front back
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The first Megalodon for a Chinese enthusiast
15652353758 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
A brief description of the situation. It looks nice on the front, very structured. Over five inches long on each side, beautiful V-shaped. The disadvantage is that one side of the serration is damaged, and the root of the back tooth is slightly corroded？ There are fossilized shells on the tooth roots？ …..🥺
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I found this tooth on the Potomac River (Douglas Point, MD). The crown seems to wide for a Sand Tiger. Anyone know what it is?
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I found this tooth at Calvert Cliffs, Md. The root looks to thick to be a Bull shark. A small Mako is my my best guess. Does anyone know?
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Hi everyone! After more than 7 years of putting it off, I finally returned to Green Mill Run last weekend. There were lots and lots of giant Exogyra in the creek, which was interesting since I’ve never really seen trip reports mention those; not sure if something happened to bring them all there. Especially since I assumed most of the Cretaceous stuff in GMR is washed from upstream, but I can't see so many of those big shells being washed all the way to the same spot. But anyways, here are some fossils I’d like an ID or a clarification on! Ignore the ruler pattern haha Burrow casts? There were a few of these, they looked rock-like but with a unique weight and texture, and they were colored differently from the usual black GMR fossils Hybodont clasper? I know most/all of these are Squalicorax, including this absolute beast here, but any idea on species? C. hastalis? Brachiopod? Some kind of shark teeth but not certain about species Either goblin or sand tiger? Bryozoan? Thanks everyone!
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Hi, Can anyone help me with ID of these Moroccan phosphate beds shark teeth? Scale is in CM. Thanks in advance.
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This is a Megalodon tooth that was added to my shark tooth collection. It measures 6.34 inches and was discovered on Java Island, Indonesia.
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We found this shark tooth fossil and wondered what type of shark and how old it could be. This was found on Casey Key beach FLA.
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Hello dear forum participants. I present to your attention a tooth that has caused some discussion among us. The main version is that this is a rounded Physogaleus tooth, but in appearance it seems that its roots are not broken. Curious to know your opinion. The tooth was shown to specialists, and there is literature on our regional sharks. It appears to be Physogaleus but would like more clarity. Age: Upper Eocene, Middle Urals Thanks for your attention Question - if there are new questions and findings, is it possible to continue posting in this topic or is it better to create a new one based on our findings, if, of course, the reader is interested? Best regards, Anton.
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Hello again! Yesterday’s finds we’re another learning experience but I AM learning, so here goes. Wife found this today on Venice Beach in Florida. It was deposited more-less at our feet by a wave (it’s choppy today.) I think it looks more like somebody dropped it and it’s a fake. Any thoughts? measurements in centimeters.
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Hi All, I'm very new to the world of fossils and already have a question... This fossil was found among the rocks on a beach in Anglesea, Wales (UK). From trying to research, my best guess is otodus obliquus (upper L8/L9) going off crown size. However, I can't find any info about finding these in the UK - all the ones I've seen similar are from Morocco. Is Anglesea a possible location for these sharks or is my ID way off? Thanks in advance!!
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Hello everyone Couple of unusual finds for me from diving in the Cooper River, near Charleston, SC. This river cuts through Oligocene to modern deposits so it can be tough to ID finds. The first looks like a Castoroides sp? broken beaver tooth? The shark tooth has a U shaped root, no serrations on the blade, and has cusps that appear to have a gap between the root and blade. Looks like a cusped P. Benedeni or possibly an upper lateral sand tiger (based on looking through elasmo.com). Doesn't look like an O. Angustidens or A. Grandis to me? I've seen a few cusped Benedeni's identified on the forum and was curious if that is what I found Thanks for looking
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Heading over to SE Asia in December for some diving. I wanted to see where I could possibly go personally and try and find some teeth. I've read about Sarawak, Bruit Island in Malaysian Borneo. I've read about West Java and the cities that produce amazing fossils. I need more information on exactly where? What other areas may produce teeth? Where could I go myself? Are there any guide? Does anyone have any friends that would take me? Anywhere that's easy to access? Again, I know about the sites in West Java but those seem a little harder to access. Any instagram pages of people that find fossils over there, I'll message them myself lol. I am really just trying to find someone that lives over there to talk to. I've messaged the account that posted about Bruit Island, but that was years ago and doubt they're still active on this forum. I wouldn't even mind a few small teeth on a beach somewhere, just to say I found some over there would be awesome. Any information anyone could offer will be greatly appreciated! Thanks again, Indy
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Dear all, For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been interested in fossils. I am originally from the Netherlands but I grew up in the South of France. As a kid, you could always find me in the old abandoned quarry near to our house, looking for ammonite & sea urchin fossils on a heap of old stones! I am now 30 and I have moved to the Dutch Caribbean for work. Not having looked for fossils for about a decade, I decided with a friend to have a go at this old hobby of mine on a Sunday, on a spot rumored to feature loads of nice fossils. After 2 hours of searching and not finding jack and having been chased by a pack of wild dogs we decided to return home. But on our way back, on a spot that seemed interesting, we decided to have a final look and managed to find a whole heep of shark teeth. About 40 of them! I am very curious whether some shark teeth enthusiasts would be able to identify the species of sharks that once shedded these shining beauties! Especially the larger ones! Could they have been from great whites? or perhaps the Otodus sokolovi? Friendly regards, M.
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Hi there, I recently received a large modern mako tooth that has a silver cap attached that is glued on, I would like to remove the cap and the glue but unsure what the best way without damaging the tooth or root in the process, see photo attached
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These are photos of some, what I assume are, teeth, that were in a specimen tray containing many well-known forms of shark teeth in an old collection. None of the pieces were labelled or had a locale. These have me stumped. I've googled "leaf-shape, paddle-shaped, flat, weird, unusual, shark, and odd teeth" with no success. Can somebody please help? Maybe they aren't teeth at all?
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A shark tooth from my collection: a Cretalamna maroccana specimen
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Hello everyone, it's been a while since I last posted on the forum In the last year my collection has reached 33 specimens, so I guess that "road to 35" is extremely close! Today I wanted to show you a specimen I acquired very recently, specifically last March! Species: Cretalamna maroccana (Arambourg, 1935) Size: 2.5 tall, ~3.0 cm long Age: 72-66 mya (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) Origin: Ouled Abdoun basin (Morocco) About this fossil: a nicely preserverd shark tooth, with only a small hole on the front part of the tooth's root; I especially appreciate the two lateral cusplets, which are extremely nice to admire. Definitely one of my favorites!
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Found this tooth the other day, at first I just thought hastalis, but looking back now something seems off about it, what do you think?
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Holden Beach, NC in the middle of Myrtle Beach, SC & Wilmington, NC if you went along the coast. Conflicted on this ID due to the possible serrations on tooth and cusps. Is that wear/damage or legitimate serrations? Additionally, I'm having a difficult time determining if Serratolamna or Cretalamna had serrations? Anyone else have an accurate ID with these photos?
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Found this at Carolina Beach. It’s the same color and texture as another confirmed shark tooth that we found and it has a triangular shape but it’s missing that top ridge part so I’m unsure if it is a shark tooth or not. If it is, is it possible to ID the kind? Thank you!
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From the album: Micros from the Triassic of Aust Cliff, UK
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I could use some help in identifying this very small shark tooth I found in a brook in Monmouth County, NJ. I am thinking that it could be an anterior tooth from a baby Goblin shark (Scapanorhynchus) because of the deep nutrient groove and the slight curvature of the tooth. However, it's very skinny with a very long root and the striations do not appear to continue onto the root. It stands out from the many Goblin Shark teeth I found so far, and I am not 100% sure what it is. Perhaps it's a small symphyseal tooth from a goblin shark? I am still learning to properly ID these things and could use confirmation from someone who is better at it. Thank you in advance.
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Hello, I hope all is well. I'm looking for some help with ID'ing two items I found on North Myrtle Beach (between 13th and 15th avenue's). The city is in the process of building a new drainage system around 18th avenue that extends out into the ocean (kind of looks like a pier). So there a a fair amount of offshore digging going on. I looked around on the web, a few other resources and a book and couldn't come to a conclusion on the ID for these items. One is a sharks tooth (#1 is the front with ruler for size, #2 is the back, #3 is the front a little closer)...I'm thinking maybe Dusky. The other is a bone or possibly turtle (#4 side view, #5 is the back, #6 is the front, and #7 is with a ruler for size). Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated
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Found this recently on a South Texas beach. Google says it should be white. Is it a fossil tooth? Thanks.
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