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Hi there folks, I recently received this lot as gift, but it came with no ID. Is it possible to get an ID from this pic? They are all from Morroco. Thanks in advance.
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Tooth found from Southwest Florida beach. Ideas on what kind it is? Thanks!!
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The long off season nightmare is over. The Peace River is open for fossil hunting !!!! I even saw Fred Mazza guiding a group of 11 tourists. I went out today.. what a gorgeous day!! Sunshine, a cool breeze and water temps. Dug mostly in pea to golfball size gravel and among some very nice finds and a bunch of small shark teeth, found these 2. A Shark tooth..size is .75 inch. but, but, but where is the bourlette? and then this one. I have absolutely no idea. Size is one-half inch.
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Very rare Cardabiodon tooth for trade
indominus rex posted a topic in Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
Hello, today for trade I’d like to offer a very rare and big Russian Cardabiodon tooth. These are very rare sharks and you definitely don’t see them very often. For trade I’m looking for dinosaur material or large shark teeth (mainly Megalodon teeth, Mako teeth or Great White).
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I think they’re great white teeth but it’s hard to tell because they’re half’s, and I’m not much of an expert on identification
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Back again from a trip on the beautiful beaches of the netherlands. We found a lot of teeth and some other nice surprises as well. I have a few items that i could not check on internet. Maybe you can enlight me! top teeth is very serrated..not sure is a shark though... the tiny one is a tiger shark i think and the black teeth pointing up is round...maybe a tortoise?
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Hello all my fellow fossil lovers! This is my first post on here for a while, I've been lurking around and admiring everyones finds. But y'all have motivated me to actually get out and start hunting! I will be driving up with my girlfriend from Los Angeles to Ernst Quarries in Bakersfield, CA on March 28th. For people who may not be familiar, this is part of the infamous Shark Tooth Hill, dated to the Miocene at 12-15 mya. It is a pay-to-dig site, and not too bad at $40 for a full day of digging. Is anyone on here planning on going that day or have been recently? How does the quarry look like after all the rain we have been having? Does anyone have any tips on what extra tools that are helpful to bring? From what I have read on here, a Pickaxe is helpful for exposing the bonebed. I will also be purchasing my first Estwing Geologic Hammer (the 22 oz with pick end) for the occasion and also to celebrate finishing my semester of Paleontology. Some brushes are also helpful for cleaning up the teeth in matrix too. Anything else that is suggested? Please feel free to share your Ernst Quarry experiences and advice, if you do feel so inclined I will update the thread with pictures of the results - hopefully we will be able to find some goodies
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I work at a fossil and mineral store and they own a 3.5 - 4.0 inch megalodon tooth (the basal of the tooth is broken slightly but its still beautiful) The serrations are smooth but visible, the bourlette is defined and a darker color than the enamel. However I have my doubts about buying it. They went to a fossil show in Colorado years ago and bought it from someone at a stand (none of my employees or boss are "fossil savvy".) I'm worried about spending $ on a fake megalodon tooth. I work this Saturday and will upload photos of me holding it from the case before I decide to buy it. I saw no seams on it from a possible mold but it just seems too cheap for the size. Its color is all black, which is a good sign but those can be easily faked too. I know, nobody can determine until I post a picture, However I did want to ask if there was any specific way people use to identify if a megalodon is fake or real? I heard megalodon teeth are cold to the touch and the plastics are slightly warmer.
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I had a fun hike at the North Sulphur River Texas yesterday. I figured it would be picked over but I found a pretty remote spot with my 4x4. The one sawfish tooth I found in a small creek a few days before. Everything else is from yesterday. It was a great day for Cretaceous coprolite (Poo). @GeschWhat The one coprolite is full of fish verts, bones and fins.
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Hi All Can you please help me get the accurate ID of this tooth from Sahara of Morocco. Thank you Malek
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Hi all, Here’s a cool little shark tooth I got from a super nice lady during the fossil fair in Harderwijk last weekend. She found it on the beach of Nieuwvliet-Bad in Zeeland (Netherlands). I’m trying to ID it but having some trouble doing so... looks most like a Striatolamia macrota but the shape of the tip of the crown seems off, and mine doesn’t have any cusps (and doesn’t appear to have had cusps now worn off either). Anyone have an idea? The tooth’s age is ambiguous, from Pliocene to early Eocene (all ages are found on the beaches of Zeeland), but seeing that she mostly found Eocene species nearby (ie Otodus auriculatus) this is one has a slightly higher chance of being Eocene too. Thanks in advance! Max
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Am asking obo a friend of mine. I personally have no interest in this item for myself. But thought I would ask here anyway as I couldn't give him an answer. Is the tooth genuine? Is the ID correct? This is the only photo he has sent me.
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Since I am finished with my shark vertebrae cluster I have decided to start on a shadow box for my otodus obliquus tooth set but my daughter insists on a jaw. So here I am trying to make a jaw but oh boy it's not easy since I have never done anything like that. The fact that I am working only with photos doesn't help much either but what you would not do for your kids :). Did enyone here made a jaw before? Any suggestions? I am not trying to scientifically reconstruct an otodus jaw, I am just after a nice display piece.
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Hello, I apologise but i am quite new to fossils. I found this today at Walton-on-the-Naze in England, in the sand below the cliffs, and i wondered if anybody could help me confirm whether it is a megalodon tooth? It seems very different to the ones i have seen online, so i am not sure - but i understand teeth come in all shapes and sizes. I will be very happy if it is, especially because it was still quite high tide when i went and i had to wade through water to get to the beach (getting my feet soaked in freezing sea water in the process! ). Thank you
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Hello everyone! I figured I’d show everyone all of the cardabiodon and Cretoxyrhina I own! To start off here are my two cardabiodon. The left one is a Cardabiodon ricki from the Malii Prolom Quarry in the Ryazan Region of Russia. I’m not too sure how old the tooth is. The second tooth is a Cardabiodon venator from Kansas.
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The weather has been so nice here lately that I decided to go for my first bike tour of the season yesterday. I don't like to over strain myself on the first trip, so I chose a site in the woods on the edge of a village about 10 kilometers away as my goal, knowing very well that I could spend a couple of hours scratching away in the sand and grit with my pen knife in the search for small shark teeth in the Miocene Burdigalian exposure. I have some idea what 3 of them might be, but I'd nonetheless appreciate confirmation or correction of my assumptions. I'm however not at all sure what the last 2 might be since I see just too many possibilities and am hoping that someone could set me on the right track. @MarcoSr @Al Dente @fossilselachian @Woopaul5 I'll number them for convenience's sake. Thanks in advance. 1. Mitsukurina lineata ? Goblin shark lower lateral ? 10mm. long. I think that the next 2 are both Carcharias acutissima ? Sand Tiger upper anterior ? 2. 19mm. 3. 25mm. 4. 11mm. 5. 16mm.
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Hi, I found this tooth the other day near Starved Rock, Illinois. Pennsylvanian deposit, Livingston limestone. I can't seem to find a match. It's missing some bits, any ideas from the paleozoic shark experts? It measures about 7mm
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I finally found my first creek spot all on my own using maps. I recognize some of these teeth but the Hemis look a little different from what Im used to finding. Also are the tooth chunks from Megaladon teeth because if so then am I in the right spot to find full Megaladon teeth? Oh and i found this other odd fossil that Im pretty sure is a piece of alligator armor.
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3” C. hastalis tooth with restored tip for trade
britishcanuk posted a topic in Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
I got this tooth and didn’t realize it had restoration done to the tip. I don’t collect restored teeth so am offering it up for trade for other shark teeth. Let me know what you have, I’m open to offers. Especially interested in (but not limited to) Cretaceous teeth. -
Hello, I'm new to this forum and I come here to ask for your help. I am graduating in Biology and my final paper is about identifying species of shark vertebrae from an archaeological site. The thing is nobody from my lab knows how to work with it and I spent the whole last year trying to work with these centra but I realized it is a really hard work, almost impossible. I come here to ask if any of you know some good papers about shark vertebrae that could help in my work, or anything else that could help me in this situation. I'd be so thankful!
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Tooth found on Sanibel Island, FL. Does not seem like a shark tooth, to me.
zofiava posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi, my daughter found this in the ocean off of Sanibel Island, Florida US. We tried comparing it to shark teeth, but it doesn't seem to match any that I've seen. Hopefully someone here can solve our little mystery! Thank you for looking! I am going to attach the other photos in subsequent posts because I am getting an error that I am only allowed to upload 3.95MB, and each photo is only around 1mb so I am not sure what I am doing wrong.
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Hi all, Was looking through some fossils online and came across this one. It was in the "Exclusive fossils" section; so I got really surprised seeing this "pebble" in there. The seller claims it is the fossil skull of a Hybodus shark. Now to me this is very weird. As we all know, sharks have a cartilaginous body; so their skeleton doesn't fossilize easily. That's why I am doubtful about the skull of this shark being so well preserved, with the brain and all. Plus, to me this just looks like a funny-shaped pebble. The only thing that makes it more believable for me are the "teeth" in the last closeup photo. I might be completely wrong on my suspicion, and this might indeed be an exceptional incredible piece. But then shouldn't it be more at home in a museum??? What do you guys think? Best regards, Max
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