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I found this sharks tooth at Harleyville Quarry in South Carolina. It is very, very small. Does anyone know what it is? It dates back to the Cenozoic.
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I hope you all enjoy! Here is a tip restoration I did for @scubapro67.
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Apologize for the poor quality pics but I struggled photographing these to show any detail I suspect they are fish scales but that is basically just a guess If anyone wants to take a shot at IDing them go for it The first two pictures are of the same fossil and the third picture is a different one-the second specimen was very difficult to photo cuz its basically a round disk with a raised hump in the middle Lastly if anyone could tell me what type of tooth this is that would be awesome so far its my most complete 'big' (meaning bigger than a fingernail lol) tooth
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Dinosaur tooth shenanigans
Aurelius posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I found this amazing dinosaur tooth for sale on a well-known auction site. Except that, well, anyone can see that it's a damaged shark tooth. Well, I couldn't resist. This was my correspondence with the seller. Bad spelling and grammar are his. Me: This is a shark tooth, not a dinosaur tooth. Seller: I was told it’s a Dinosaur tooth buy an expert if your saying it’s a Sharks tooth thats fine. I respect your opinion Me: I'm afraid it's not my opinion, it's a fact. There isn't an expert in the world who would tell you that's a dinosaur tooth, so whoever told you that is not very knowledgeable. Seller: That’s fine your entitled to share your own opinion. I must say, I'm very glad that he respects my opinion. I put great stock in the value of my opinions. And whilst I know the 'expert' probably doesn't exist, I would dearly love to meet an expert who thought this was a dinosaur tooth, although my autonomic facial-slap reflex could very easily be triggered.
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Hello all! So, I recently took a trip to the Aurora Fossil museum in NC. I hunted for some teeth while there, and truly enjoyed the exhibits as well. I found nearly a 3 inch fragment of a meg. The main reason I was there, however, was because I was told that to get my little meg Identified for certain, I needed to get it looked at in person. So I took it there asking for an ID by Dr. George, the fossil museum educator and I was finally given the 100% certain thumbs up that my little tooth was from a megalodon and they were kind enough to give me a little case to put it in. I also found lots of other teeth too! Check it out sometime, it’s awesome there.
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Hi All, I recently received a number of shark teeth found by divers in the Cooper, Wando and Morgan rivers of South Carolina. Most of them were C.angustidens but these two looked more like C.chubutensis. Although they have narrower blades, the cusps are clearly more merged with the main blade like a Chub. Would love an expert opinion? Thanks
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I’m so excited to share what I found today! I wish I had a pic of my face when I flipped this over!! would this be a meg? Wrightsville Beach— North carolina
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I’ve been searching through some micro recently and I found this little (about 1 cm) tooth. If someone were to show it to me I’d say it could be a lemon or maybe a carcharhinus lower. Of course if that’s what it were I wouldn’t be posting it here. The catch: this is from the Late Paleocene Aquia Formation. Am I just missing something incredibly obvious or what? I’ve never heard of a Paleocene carcharhinus or negaprion. Any thoughts?
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OK. I'll try one more (for now, I have more) from Charlotte Co. FL. This time I'll go with a small shark tooth which is actually in good condition. I really like the colors on this one but I'm not sure of the species. I'm sure it's something common. Thanks.
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Found both these symphyseal notorynchus this year, they are quite certainly among my best finds from 2017. They’re from two different locations in the Antwerp area.
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This was one of the most difficult restorations i have ever done for color. The more unusual the color of a tooth, the longer it takes to restore, but also the greater the reward. I porbably spent 2-3 hours painting this one. I hope you enjoy!
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Hi guys, I'm a pretty experienced shark tooth collector. But I'm still a little paranoid when it comes to identifying repair/restoration, since I have seen a couple of exceptional restorations that would be very difficult for even a seasoned collector to identify. This is especially the case for restorations to the root; I think I can almost always tell restorations to the serrations and enamel. Does anyone have tips for identifying root restorations? Some people suggest looking at it under a black light, which I will of course do, but for root restos this doesn't always seem to be effective. This question comes up since I recently bought a very large Moroccan otodus (pic attached). I got it from a seller I trust not to knowingly misrepresent anything, but given the price I want to be very confident. Thank you.
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I had a few concretions crack open from pit 11 in mazon creek recently(freezing method). I don't always check them as they are outside sitting in buckets in my back yard or garage, so not sure exactly when it cracked, but found it a few days ago. I have the 2 books on identifying the different mazon creek fossils, but unfortunately 95% of the concretions that crack open look nothing like the pictures, or nothing discernible anyways. I know many of the fossils found here are jellyfish, which to me doesn't look much different than the duds. This one has me lost as it's obviously not a dud, but what it is I'm not sure. At first I thought it might be a shark tooth, but I don't see any serrations on the part sticking out. I've gotten a couple clam concretions, and the texture of this one is nothing like those. Those are the only 2 things that came to mind with this piece, but as you can see, more of the fossil is buried in there. I thought about putting this in the fossil prep section as well as you don't typically "prep" a mazon creek fossil other than cracking it with a hammer of freeze/thaw, but to get a better ID I might need to try to free it altogether. Also I've only gotten about 4 hours of sleep in the last 2 days, so I forget to put in a size reference. It's about 3-4" at its longest part. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. @Nimravis I know you've done quite a bit of mazon collecting, so would greatly appreciate your input as well. Thanks in advance all.
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From the album: Shark teeth and associated fossils from Antwerp, Belgium
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am I crazy to think this seems like it may be a fossilized shark tooth? it also has veins of blue/green running through parts in a ribbon type pattern. Nevada for location found
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Hello everyone, went to brownies beach last week, was crowded for the beach so finds were limited. Did find a few nice but common teeth and as always a good amount of chunkosaurusesr. Highlight was a chunk of jet. Anyway, I found this tiny tooth (5 millimeters slant height). Pictures taken with microscope. Miocene, Calvert FM (zone 4?), brownies beach. Any ideas?
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I found this a couple weeks ago. I have been fossil hunting for almost 30 years y’all and this is my first little tooth ever! The person I was hunting with said shark teeth were very rare in the area we were hunting in. As best I can tell it was found in the Woodbine Formation, but there is also Alluvium, Grayson and Main street limestone and Fluviatile terrace formations within a mile or less, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t Grayson, Alluvium or Fluviatile. I’m still learning what all those look like. We were kind of high up above a creek, maybe a mile away. There were pyratized shells around with tiny irregular urchins and a few small to medium ammonites and lots of oysters with both valves. There were also small Mariellas. There wasn’t any solid rock though, mostly crumbly cream colored soil/limestone. Can anyone tell me what type of shark it came from? It is about 1.5 cm long.
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Any idea? Few other finds
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Small piece of baculite a sharks tooth and some others I'm not as sure about...
PatBronson posted a topic in Fossil ID
I found most of these a couple of weekends ago while poking around the North Sulphur River. The small baculite (left side middle piece) was still in a piece of red zone stone when I found it. I found the other three black rocks, were found further up the river all lying fairly close to each other in area of gravel. I can't find any obvious suture lines on them. The tooth I found last year on a trip to the same location. The other three are probably rocks but the top one has what looks like a micro fossil so I wasn't sure if it might be a coprolite. Any help here is greatly appreciated. A couple of closer shots
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I found this tooth the other day and it actually took me a minute to even flip it over and realize that it was a tooth! It's almost perfectly smooth & hollow in the backside.. any explanation as to what is going on here? And yes the tooth is in rough condition. Front and back view
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Hey Folks, Got this tooth in the spoils pile at the Aurora Fossil museum. I think it is a Physogaleus contortus symphyseal tooth, looking for confirmation or alternatives. It is 1/2 inch on slant. Thanks, Tony PS @MarcoSr, @siteseer, @sixgill pete, @Al Dente
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Hello everyone ! I was wondering if anyone can tell me if this is an otodus or auriculatus tooth ? I have the impression that there are some tiny serrations on the edge of the tooth, but they are so small that I am really unsure. Also can anyone tell me if it comes from a juvenile or adult specimen ? Thank you very much in advance !
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3 beautiful Megalodon Teeth Restored for RJB, one from Morrocco
mattbsharks posted a topic in Paleo Re-creations
Here are three gorgeous megalodon teeth that @RJB collected over the years as a fossil vendor/collector. He asked me to restore them for him, and I was happy to take on the challenge. Here are the photos of the before and after. I hope you enjoy! -Matt
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I started the 3 inch + Mako club a few years ago and now have the winning ticket in order to create the 3+ inch Benedeni Club after 2 decades of searching. I'll go ahead and save you the song and dance on how RARE a Benedeni this size really is. If you happen to have a 3+ or larger Benedeni, please feel free to post your picture and join this very exclusive Club. Measures: 3.03''
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A tiny tooth of an Abdounia minutissima. Bought from an old collection. The site at which it was collected, the Egem quarry, is now unfortunately closed. (Thanks to @darktheumbreon for finding the family!)
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