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Please let me know if you think this tooth has no repairs or restorations? It's being advertised as not. Seems to have none, but please see images. Seems to be a beauty, 5.75 inch upper principal anterior from Indonesia. Thanks in advance.
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Found ths shark tooth in Ignaberga Sweden. Its around 1 cm big. Some info about this locality. Its upper Cretaceous deposits where Cretoxyrhina can be found.
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Here is my latest trip to POC. Another nice large tooth (I took a picture with a cm ruler for the non-Americans out there), some mastodon or mammoth enamel, a few nice ptychodus, chunkasaurus, and several chunks of matrix with teeth sticking out of them. I also had a few questionables. Anyone know what kind of tooth is in pictures 5 and 6? Or 7 and 8? Im thinking 9,10, and 11? 12, 13, and 14 might be crushed crustacean or coprolite? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
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I haven’t posted in a while so I figured I should get involved again! We took a trip to New Jersey recently to see what we could find. Luck was on our side this time. It was the first time my son has gone hunting with me, it was incredibly special and memorable. Here’s our finds from our time, nothing crazy but a few nice finds!
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Hello, Just purchased some Permian matrix bags from Richards Spur, OK and the Texas Red Beds. I have a few items I'm wondering if anyone can help me ID. I do have some guesses for a few of them. Using a dime for scale. Red Beds Going to guess Eryops skull fragment on this one. I think these might be fragments of Orthacanthus spines. Partial vert? This one is so small I really can't capture any distinct detail in the photo. Most small teeth fragments in this matrix were the broken tips of Orthacanthus teeth. However this is much rounder (although I can make out at least one edge), has no serration as far as I can tell, and under a very bright light I can see extremely fine vertical ridges (striae?) down the length of the tooth. It is also colored differently. Not hoping for much on this guy but my best guess would be some sort of amphibian. This one I'm fairly confident is an Archeria "jaw"; I understand they would have had some kind of palate plate to help grasp/swallow prey? More info on that would be awesome. It definitely matches what I've seen on Google. Richards Spur, OK Am very interested in this one in particular. Some kind of rooted tooth, it has this strange acorn shape to it. Not seen anything like it elsewhere. Thanks for having a look and my apologies for the poor photos; all I've got is a magnifying glass. I think I need to buy a book so I can try and identify this stuff on my own!
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Hello! Help please with identification. Is it Physogales? Height ~ 6,5 mm. Middle Miocene or Eocene redeposits... Western Ukraine. Thanks in advance!
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Hello all! I have a HUGE bucket of Aurora Micro that I am slowly going through and I am hoping I am getting my ID's accurate, so I am posting what I think are each kind. Please confirm or address any wrong IDs. Thanks!! These are all micros, so around 1/8 inch - 1/4 inch or aprox 3-9mm EDITED TO ADD CORRECTED ID'S 1.Sphyrna sp. Hammerhead Shark (Not Bronze Whaler) Carcharhinus brachyurus: Bronze whaler 2, Carcharias sp Sand Tiger 3. posterior 4. and C, taurus 5. Scyliorhinus sp. Cat Shark 6. Carcharhinus cf macloti Hardnose Shark By far, the most common teeth in the bunch 7. 8. Is this also C. macloti or something different? 9. Carcharhinus isodon Finetooth Shark (Not Lemon Shark) 10. Negaprion brevirostris Lemon Shark 11. Rhizoprionodon fischeuri Sharp Nose Shark 12. 13. Galeocerdo aduncus Tiger Shark 14, Lateral Carcharhinus (Not Tiger Shark) 15. Now this one I am 100% sure of....:) Isistius sp Cookie Cutter! 16. Rhincodon sp ? Whale Shark 17. 17. Carcharhinus symphyseal (Not Angel Shark) 18. 18. Notorynchus cepedianus ? Sevengill Shark 19. 20. lateral Carcharhinus (Not Sphyrna zygaena ? Smooth Hammerhead) These I am not at all sure what they are. Any help will be appreciated: 21. 22. Hemipristis sp. 23. I have found a number of these "leaf blade" like teeth....never one with a root. Mackeral or Tuna Teeth 24. 25 . Thanks for looking!!
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Well over a decade ago I found a Hexanchus shark tooth in matrix in the Monterey Formation in California. It passed through many hands later, eventually ending up with Doug Donald. I think it sold in the auction of his collection when he passed away. Anyone know who has it now?
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Ive had this fossil shark tooth since I was gifted it at a pretty young age. Since the tooth was marketed towards kids, the packaging had no species ID or location found on it. The only info I could find on the package is that it is labeled "Fossil Shark Tooth", and it apparently dates anywhere from the Eocene to the Cretaceous. Despite its small amount of information, and not completely trusted source, I don't doubt its authenticity, as it holds up appearance wise to other fossilized shark teeth I own, and passes the "lick test". I personally believe it may be Otodus obliquus, but I wanted some more experienced options. Thanks for any help you have!
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Took the relatively short trip down to Purse State Park last weekend and had quite a bit of success! Best find was certainly a fairly large chuck of what I think is turtle shell, along with a very much alive turtle that rested with us for our lunch before returning to the water. The dream of finding anything marine mammal or a somewhat complete ray plate remains for next time!
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Hey all Last week I bought a bunch of Otodus obliquus teeth for a work mate, he wants them for presents for his grandchildren and knows I like fossils so he got me to source them for him. Typical me, not letting an opportunity go to waste, I ordered extra knowing I'd find something to add to my own collection They are all said to come from Oued Zem, Khouribga Phosphate deposits, Morocco. Out of all of the teeth I got (15), all in the 45mm - 60mm range, they all fit what an O. obliquus tooth looks like, apart from 2 which is why I'm making this thread - I'd rather get others to run their eyes over the teeth and see what they think. First tooth - I admit, it does look like an O. obliquus tooth, I have 2 others that look very similar (only much larger) but what caught my attention are the cusplets, more notably, the size of them. They're very small compared to what I'm used to seeing on these teeth. Mild pathology? Another genus with similar morphology? Second tooth - O. obliquus usually has a pronounced "hump" in the root just under the crown on the lingual side, this tooth doesn't. The crown on this tooth is "pinched" slightly, sweeping from the cusplet up to the tip in a concave arc. I haven't noticed this before on O. obliquus teeth, I've noticed hooked crowns or very straight cutting edges from cusplet to tip (similar to the 1st tooth) The crown also has quite a twist to it, not something that has stood out to me on any other O. obliquus tooth I've seen. Both teeth are likely O. obliquus but like I said, I'd rather let others run their eyes over the pics and see what they think! To me it doesn't matter if they are or aren't O. obliquus, I'm always learning something new the more I handle fossils! Cheers Gareth
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From the album: Post Oak Creek
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From the album: Post Oak Creek
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Found this bone fragment after a storm in folly beach sc. And help identifying what animal it came from is much appreciated.
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From the album: Sharks
Alopias supersciliousus "Bigeye thresher" Ashley Marl, SC, USA-
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Hello! Help please to identify tooth. Height ~ 1,8 mm. Root practicaly destroyed but crown has an interesting shape with some "cavity/hole" and it is not damage (see arrow). Eocene. Western Ukraine. Thanks in advance!
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Species Carcharodon (Isurus) hastalis Extinct Mako Shark Notorynchus primigenius (Agassiz, 1843) Fossil Cow Shark Miocene - Pliocene (~2.6 to 15 million years) Hawthorne Formation Beaufort County, South Carolina Large tooth 1 1/16 in 2.8 cm Notorynchus cepedianus tooth identification 5 five cusp, showing masial side. Lower lateral Notorynchus cepedianus fossil shark tooth tail gate show find.
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Hello, This is my first post here, and although the material is not of much value, I wanted to know who they belonged to. I have these teeth that I bought a long time ago, I bought them in a museum and I don't know where they come from or how old they are. Any suggestion? 1.- 2.- 3.-
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From the album: Sharks
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From the album: Sharks
Hubbell (juvenile) megalodon, likely from the East Coast. I don't understand the hype surrounding megalodon, but this one was cool enough for the collection. It has good preservation, and the tip is spalled-off from feeding.-
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Hi, Thank you all for the help with my shark spine I.d yesterday. I was very pleased to finally find our what it was! Today I was looking over some other large pieces of bone bed from the same trip to Aust cliff, and I had a very pleasant surprised when I broke it open. I think it's some sort of tooth, it's large around 5cm in length. Is it from a shark as it was near to the area I found the spine? Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks
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Found this shark tooth? rock hounding on Lake Superior…any ideas what?
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Well, this is the last fossil hunting trip that I will be going on for a while now. 2 more months before I’m able to collect again. The bay has always been nice to me, no complete megs this time around but for what the weather was, it wasn’t terrible. The waves were white caps and I could’ve sworn that my inflatable canoe would have sunk underneath the waves had I made one wrong move that day. I persevered anyways having megs on my my mind but when I pulled up to the beach it wasn’t looking good. Now I’m no meteorologist but I’m pretty sure that 2-3 foot white caps smashing against the cliffs was a bad sign. Of course, I still went on in hopes of a Meg. I managed to find some nice hemis, a perfect mako, a almost perfect cow shark, a broken Meg, a patho hemi, and a really nice thresher. All and all, it could have been worse for the day it was. Here’s the haul: Bones and scraps: a lot of turtle shell! stingray mouth plates: shark teeth: The best finds: Thanks for reading! Hopefully next time the waves will be nicer the last 3 times the waves have really been very mean.
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This new site I’m going to is kind of starting to grow on me! I really love the abundance of well preserved shells and the sharks teeth that come out of here (if I don’t break them) are in superb condition. I arrive at this site, however, with some disappointment. Footprints everywhere, and discarded rocks piled in a pile i know I didn’t leave with a bunch of broken shells. It looks like someone took the liberty of smashing rocks with a hammer and leaving the place a mess for others. Not a good look to be honest I always try to clean my area and make it look better than where I left it. The good news is whoever the eager beaver was left some goodies behind. I searched their rock pile of discarded rocks and found a lot of shark teeth in very good condition that were just left there. I wonder if this person was too busy picking up pennies to notice the quarters they were stepping by? Anyways here’s the haul, luckily I didn’t have to put in too much effort since this person did all the hard work for me: total haul: shark teeth (not in the rock): crocodile tooth (happy about this one!): shells: Shark teeth in the rocks: And the killer tooth of the day: Most of these finds we’re not made because of me ripping rocks out Willy nilly, but because of me sorting through said rocks after this person ripped them out Willy nilly. Always be thorough with your excavation and be patient. You never know what might be hiding in the discard pile. Part 2 of my trip to the Chesapeake will be posted tomorrow!
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