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I knew a day of little finds was coming, and yesterday happened to be that day. Looks like a huge amount of rain had come through, which I thought would be a good thing, but it just washed sand over top of everything. There is a dark, muddy layer where I often find nice angustidens, and a lighter layer below that has sand and clay. I pulled a vert out of the lighter layer, and it's not the typical small, round vert I find. Fish, shark, or something else? I also found what I just assumed was a broken angy in the bottom of the creek and stuck it in a bag. I looked at it today and realized it isn't an angy, and is more than half there. Best guess is a mako, but I have no idea. Sorry, I am really struggling to get good photos of it. The third pic is just to show the nutrient foramen. Any ideas are appreciated. Thanks, everyone!
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Found this tooth 7/19 on beach in water, Cape May, New Jersey. Sunset Beach on Delaware Bay/ Atlantic Ocean. Need help with ID and authenticity. Thank You.
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I have just bought a good bunch of stuff from @BellamyBlake (good seller by the way!) and was hoping for some help identifying the teeth please. Most are from Peace river or bone valley area I think, I am not sure if that is the same place? The very last tooth in the first pic (5) might be from Maryland and could be a Hastalis? The first lot was labelled as having Lemon, Bull and Hemi? On the first pic 2, 3 and 4 all have serrations and on second pic 3 and 4 have them.
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From the album: Sharks
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Picked this up in a junk shop today because of the marking on the root which I think gives it a bit more character. Unsure of the ID though the shop owner says it was from Morocco. Measures 31mm from root to tip and is 34mm wide. Does anyone also recognise the curved marking. on the root?
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From the album: Devonian
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From the album: Galveston Fossils
Spotted this one at night - best way to beat the heat during the Summer, but makes hunting much more difficult than it already is in Galveston. Tiger sharks appear to be less common than Carcharhinus; this is from the extant species: Galeocerdo cuvier. -
From the album: Galveston Fossils
Razor sharp sandbar shark tooth. Lovely dark blue when it was still wet. -
From the album: Galveston Fossils
After drying out, some teeth can change their color, typically getting a bit lighter. -
From the album: Galveston Fossils
Found 3 teeth this weekend trip. Galveston shark teeth are very hard to find (for me). These were all found on the main island (not Bolivar). The top two I believe are the sandbar shark (C. plumbeus) and the lower one is a tiger shark (G. cuvier). -
From the album: Galveston Fossils
Spotted this one at night - best way to beat the heat during the Summer, but makes hunting much more difficult than it already is in Galveston. -
From the album: Galveston Fossils
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Hi there! I am super new to fossils and have been wanting to learn more. Today I found my first ever shark tooth by total accident on the San Lorenzo River in Felton, CA. I was wondering if anyone could help me identify the tooth! One of my students also found a thinner one in the same area yesterday- pretty wild!- and I was wondering if they were both the same species. My best super uneducated guess is some kind of mako shark but really have no idea! some extra details: both of them were sitting on the shore of the river in plain sight- I don’t have a measurement of them right now but can get one eventually! Thank you:)
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Thanks for any help putting species IDs on these marine fossils from Magoito Beach, Portugal. My best guesses are as follows: 1-12) Oysters, unsure of species 13-20) Clams, original material and steinkerns. 13, 16 and 19 are quite "tall", others rather flat. 21, 22) ?? Possibly a coral? Or crinoid fragments or a trace fossil? 23, 24) smaller oyster pieces 25) a mussel? 26-29) gastropods 30) shark tooth - possibly goblin shark? Sadly fragmented, but has distinctive pair of lobes at the root midline 31) ?? intriguing paddle-shaped structure with a distinctive mid-line 32-38) bonus calcite and gypsum crystals
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I hope everyone is doing well. Was on the beach today in NJ and I found what I think is a juvenile great white. I think it is worn because there is no serrations. My question at what point do great whites get serrations? I’m assuming it’s right from the beginning?
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Hi TFF friends, Last time I went fossil hunting I found this pretty beaten shark tooth on the surface of a rock lying on the beach. Himenoura formation, Late cretaceous, -85MYA Kumamoto japan. The apex is missing but it is none the less an interesting tooth. At first I thought it was my first Squalicorax tooth but when I looked under magnification I was not able to see any serrations and noticed a nutrient groove and a small cusplet here on the left side of the root in the photo below. After extracting completely the tooth from the rock at home, I discovered a lot of folds at the base of the crown. The tooth is 100mm wide for 50mm high. Even though this tooth size is quite bigger than the tooth I found, I am now thinking it could be a Protolamna sp. Posterior tooth. In the past, I found from the same location a Protolamna sp. anterior tooth (30mm wide for 40mm high), and this genus is also mentionned in the literature. What do you think? From above with nutrient groove visible What looks like a cusplet
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From the album: Sharks
An odd shark from the Cretaceous of North Texas - these sharks had crushing teeth suited for hard-bodied prey. -
From the album: Sharks
The tiger shark is still around today. Their unique teeth are very good at cutting through tough turtle shell - their favorite prey. Their teeth also happen to work on about anything else that can fit in their mouths. -
From the album: Sharks
A large genus (for the Cretaceous); this one was found at the DFW airport in the 80's. -
Last weekend I went on a camping trip to Westmoreland State Park in Virginia, somewhere I had fossil hunted previously and found some cool bones like a dolphin vert. This time, I found several bones that I believe might be able to be identified. If anyone can help, it would be much appreciated. Thanks! All of the finds: A piece of whale bone, id'd through size: Rey Teeth: Continued in the next post due to upload issues
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Hi there everyone! I acquired this plesiosaur tooth specimen from Oued Zem, Khouribga, Morocco not too long ago and I couldn't help but be fascinated by all of the different fossils found in the single piece of matrix. The front of the specimen contains a beautiful plesiosaur tooth with what I believe is a fish vertebrae and other fish material. On the back, the specimen is riddled with small shark teeth as seen by an exposed root and various exposed crowns. Though I'd greatly appreciate a positive ID on the plesiosaur tooth, I'm really more interested in the identification of the other fossils surrounding the tooth. I'm aware that accurately identifying the other fossils may be nigh impossible, but I'd love to hear what you guys think and I welcome any guesses you all may have just for the fun of it. Cheers, Rik
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From the album: 39 years exploring Texas
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From the album: Sharks
A gorgeous tooth from one of my favorite sharks! The enamel isn't polished - the chalk preserves its shine extremely well - it's as shiny as when it fell out of the animal's mouth! -
From the album: Sharks
A beautiful tooth from one of my favorite sharks. This one is extra special because of the self-inflicted bite mark - a gash seen on the left in lingual view. Apparently their bite was strong enough to cut their own teeth! -
From the album: Sharks
One of my favorites - the "ginsu" shark. This one was found at the DFW airport in the 80's.
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