Search the Community
Showing results for tags 'shark'.
-
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.
- 8 replies
-
- 3
-
-
- carcharodon
- otodus
- (and 3 more)
-
Hello all, Earlier this week I went for my last fossil hunt in Al Ain (forever....or at least for the foreseeable future). I was specifically looking for shark teeth, and I am happy to have found some! I suspect this one to be a Jaekelotodus, which I have found previously. This one appears to be a tiger shark, or even a hemipristis, although I cannot be sure. Unfortunately, the tip is missing.
-
.thumb.jpg.51c371f10936bbc883322324e44cc518.jpg)
Shark Cretodus posterior Eagle Ford Formation
JamieLynn posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils : Sharks and Rays
-
Shark Ptychodus whipplei Eagle Ford Formation
JamieLynn posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils : Sharks and Rays
-
Shark Cretolamna appendiculata Del Rio Formation
JamieLynn posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils : Sharks and Rays
-
From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils : Sharks and Rays
-
From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils : Sharks and Rays
-
- 1
-
-
- atco formation
- cretaceous
- (and 4 more)
-
From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils : Sharks and Rays
-
Hello all! I have a few micro teeth that I am unsure of ID. I'd appreciate some help! First one is from Del Rio Formation and is 1/8 inch or aprox 3 mm I know Leptostyrax and Cretolamna appendiculata are found in Del Rio but it seems to have a barely visible nutrient groove. It does have some subtle grooves on the back of the little cusp. The next two are from the Ozan Formation. They don't look like Scapanorhynchus, but perhaps they are. The wide flare at the top of the blade at the root and the double cusp on the first one has me wondering... 1/4 inch or 6mm a second one Finally this one from probably Austin Chalk formation. It's probably too water worn to tell, but was thinking maybe Microxorax? 1/8 inch
.thumb.jpg.20865b68876347ca8553598ecffa607b.jpg)
.thumb.jpg.edae5081e5dc91ef6b39a623ee297e54.jpg)
- 2 replies
-
- 3
-
-
- cretaceous
- fossil
- (and 2 more)
-
Hi TFF Please can you help, I have been looking at some micro fossils from Lee Creek, Miocene Pungo River Formation. I tried to do some IDs but I am having a hard time navigating this tiny collection. If anyone could help it would be much appreciated. cheers Bobby
-
Shark Cretoxyrhina mantelli Eagle Ford Formation
JamieLynn posted a gallery image in Member Collections
.jpg.95dfd873ced4ebd4fe1a3f6bf19804b2.jpg)
From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils : Sharks and Rays
-
- 1
-
-
- cretaceous
- cretoxyrhina
- (and 4 more)
-
Shark Cretodus crassidens Eagle Ford Formation
JamieLynn posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils : Sharks and Rays
-
- 1
-
-
- crassidens
- cretaceous
- (and 5 more)
-
From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils : Sharks and Rays
-
A shark tooth from my collection: a Cretalamna maroccana specimen
gond posted a topic in Member Collections
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!
- 8 replies
-
- 6
-
-
- chondrichthyes
- cretaceous
- (and 13 more)
-
From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils : Sharks and Rays
-
I have a couple of shark teeth I'm not 100% sure on. I don't have exact provenance but they are almost certainly from one of the lower east coast states in the USA The brown tooth has either a vestigial cusplet or a pathology in the carinae. Someone has suggested Parotodus benedenii but that doesn't seem to fit with the morphology. The grey tooth looks like it could be a Thresher... but that's why I'm here asking you, I'm not sure!
-
I decided to do a little day trip to Purse state park today. This is the second time I’ve gone there and I took my sifters with me. I managed to find 80 sharks teeth, 200 ray plates, and a few miscellaneous fragments. I was hoping to join the 3” club with a tooth, but I fell way short on that dream. I do believe I joined the 3mm club with one of the ray plates though.
-
Back to the surface exposure, in central Mississippi today.
Rock Hound posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I didn't realize I had the back side of the ray teeth, facing up? I guess I got in a hurry?.thumb.jpg.2886f2e85b97435686c6c70f65a4d685.jpg)
-
Assistance identifying these various mackarel’ish eocene shark teeth from the Belgian north sea coast?
Noobductive posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello! Over the past half year I have been collecting shark teeth on the Belgian north sea coast from dredged sand. I have gathered the ones that are complete and identifiable to figure out specifics but the mackerel sharks prove difficult. Luckily I have a page with multiple species from the specific beaches and deposits I visited. (Onderkaak = lower jaw, Bovenkaak = upper jaw). However, this does not include all of the possible species. Many are from the ypresian, the vast majority are eocene of course. This should narrow it down immensely already. My resources are limited though. I have front-back views of my teeth collected and have given them numbers for easy differentiation. I’ve also tried to sort similar ones together. I think most of them could be striatolamia macrota but there are subtle root shape and tooth size differences that I have 0 experience with. I hope more knowledgeable shark enthusiasts here can help with this. I also added some quick side views to showcase that no. 1 and 11 do have a curve to them whereas most of the others are either perfectly flat or pointing slightly up (when lying down with the flatter side underneath). With eocene shark teeth ID, my biggest issue is always not knowing if tooth differences are merely related to placement in the mouth, or if they are actually differences between species. I will provide closeup sideviews of specific teeth if necessary for ID.
-
Gorgeous day. Sunshine through 1 pm, then Thunderstorms developed with rumbles and winds that cooled me kayaking back to my truck. Not a drop. This is my favorite location, MioPliocene with lots of variety: GWs, Clams and corals, mammal and fish jaws without teeth, No time to discuss it all, but enough to get photos and ask for help on three. 1st up a tiny (because it is the smallest I have found) Petrosal. I am thinking river dolphin based on size, but It is different that those I thought were river dolphin.. Any time I seek an ID , I always search the Internet for a matching image.. On my 1st page of images, this one pops up... Take a look at A1 and compare it to my find today... REALLY close .. Only issue is that mine is half the size of these that come from Globicephaline Whales from the Mio-Pliocene Purisima Formation of Central California, USA. For the uninitiated , Globicephaline is another name for Pilot Whale. How can mine be so small and come from a whale? @Boesse Next is a small section of a Fish Jaw.... Two rows... One large, one tiny running parrallel. Is Aligator Gar the ONLY Florida fossil fish that has this characteristic ? Finally, the Fish or Shark Vert.... This seems similar to the Tiger shark Vert I found back in 2018....but not sure.. Very rare find for me...
- 8 replies
-
- 8
-
-
- bonevalley
- fish
- (and 4 more)
-
From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
- 1 comment
-
- 2
-
-
- sand tiger
- shark
- (and 3 more)
-
From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
Small and worn, but my most complete meg to date! -
Hey all Someone I talk to online has found a really good spot to hunt for fossils, he is based in Canterbury, New Zealand and he believes the formation is around 34 million years old. He's found many shark teeth at this spot and this tooth is causing some ID issues. Can anyone shed some light?
-
Looking Back at my Bone Valley hunt; on May 7th, 2023
Rock Hound posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I hunted for 6.5 hours; at a paid access private property on May 7th, 2023 in Bowling Green, Florida. Pictured here, are only the Shark Teeth I found that day. There were a bunch of other fossils found; but most of the people there, were mainly searching for Shark Teeth. Especially, Megalodon Teeth. My picture here, is an example of what Shark Teeth may be found; if one doesn't get into the Megalodon Teeth, with much success. I believe I counted 160 Shark Teeth, in this photo. Fortunately; i also found lots of Mammal Bone, and other types of Fossil Teeth that day. I found a pile of stuff..thumb.jpg.9299eded1d07a7a1b8a8b177b836e9bd.jpg)
-
Hi all - found this in what I believe is an Eagle Ford exposure in Central Texas. I’m still working on my ID skills. Can anyone get it down to genus/species? @EPIKLULSXDDDDD this seems like it would be in your wheelhouse. Thanks in advance!
- 3 replies
-
- 2
-
-
- cretaceous
- eagle ford
- (and 4 more)
.thumb.jpg.51c371f10936bbc883322324e44cc518.jpg)
.jpg.c9b160f9617fc6c86265def48a73e246.jpg)
.jpg.660561db4d724440ada7b97615859e71.jpg)
.jpg.95dfd873ced4ebd4fe1a3f6bf19804b2.jpg)
.jpg.519db896f4305c7439a69904b70cc854.jpg)
.jpg.04d2b8d864483a4d448eb64739a1150f.jpg)
