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Hello everyone! After a busy day at work on Friday i decided to take myself down to the local beach for a couple of hours of peaceful, stress-free shark tooth searching. The weather has been horrendous for the past week in this part of the UK with strong winds and waves smashing up the coastline. For those who are unsure of the location, it is a red crag formation located on top of London clay. As i got to the steps leading to the beach i could see that the cliffs had taken a hammering, there were falls everywhere, in some places as much as 2 metres had come down. Also on the beach the shingle had all been sucked out to see, leaving just sand and the underlying London clay which is a perfect time/conditions for finding fossils. I was getting teeth pretty much as soon as i got onto the beach, with most located at the base of the cliff sitting on the London clay. Cosmopolitodus hastalis/Carcharodon hastalis and Otodus obliquus making up the majority of the finds. Soon i also picked up a crab or lobster leg which is a first for this location. After spending a couple of hours there and with the worst back pain after being bent in half looking down i headed off home with the intention of getting up early and getting to the beach first thing. Back at the beach for 7am Saturday morning hoping i would be there before anyone else, sure enough no other mad souls were around and i had the beach to myself again. Didn't find as many as the previous evening with the reason that overnight it hadn't been as rough as i had hoped it would be and the high tide mark barely made it to the base of the cliffs. Gosh darn it, i thought to myself. Never mind i will look over the same place as yesterday to see if i had missed any. Found a few Cosmopolitodus hastalis/Carcharodon hastalis again and then i spotted it. What looked to be a very black pebble sitting on its own on the sand. Strange i thought to myself. Picked it up, turned it over and my eyes widened. My first proper meg! And only 6cm long so by no means a biggie and very well worn but i didn't care! I spent another hour or so on the beach but nothing else major turned up. I am going to try again tonight as the conditions at the beach can change with a single tide so need to make the most of the good conditions whilst i can....If anyone can give me alternative or additional identifications or would like any more photos please ask. Thanks for reading everyone!
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Found this rock on the beach today, and it kind looks like a tooth to me. Have found a few shark teeth over the years, but never anything this big and much different shape. It kinda makes me think, it's just a rock. On the other hand, looks a little too much not to at least ask around. 10.5 cm Long - 5.5 cm wide at the "jaw line" Backside have chipped of, was found between egg size rocks most likely washed on shore. If anyone have an idea, if this is indeed a large tooth or just a rock. Id like to know more Cheers Pali
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Texas Tyrannosaurus rex tooth
Pterygotus posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I recently saw this 2.5” tooth labelled as Tyrannosaurus rex from the javelina formation in Texas. How does it look? I am under the impression that this is very rare so please correct me if I’m wrong.
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So, I went back out to purse park. I really want to try Douglas Point, but don't want to walk a 1.5 mile trail. Not that I'm lazy, but I have some health issues. So this time at purse I went south. Not sure exactly how far, but at least a mile or more. Any ways I found a few items I would like some opinions on. I'm new to fossil hunting so I have much to learn. I did not find a lot of sharks teeth, and have lost the desire to pick up the really small ones. So I found a yellow rock I guess, its just interesting that it looks like some sort of crystalline and very light. Next, I found what I think is a fish vert. I thought it may be modern but has some crystalline on it, and quite hard. Next, I found what is probably a rock, but to me it looks a tiny bit like a squashed button, although probably not. That last thing I found, what I hope is some sort of tooth. It is not all there and it does not look like a shark tooth, but looks like enamel on it. Anyway, appreciate your input.
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Peace River, Florida, Hardee County, Bone Valley formation : Here are some unidentified teeth that caught my eye. There are several here,.including one possible dire wolf and a bunch that have me stumped. #1
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Hi! I have a rather big croc tooth from kem kem and I was wondering if it could be a Elosuchus tooth because of its size? or should I just label it as Croc indet?
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Hello! I have gotten these 3 teeth from a friend. The 3 are from Africa but I do not know their exact location since they have been there for years. According to what he told me the first 2 are of suchomimus (the teeth that I have seen of suchomimus are more gray and black) and the last one of camarasaurus. What do you think? Thank you so much!
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Was told this is capybara or beaver.. leaning towards beaver. Can anyone confirm? Found on a creek near the Peace River!
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Hello TFF, I found this mammal tooth recently at Sharktooth Hill in Bakersfield, CA. It's about .5" long and looks like a bit of the enamel has broken off. I think it might be a Neotherium mirum tooth but I'm hoping someone more educated can nail it down for me. Thanks for the help!
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The grey tooth on the right is a small posterior megalodon tooth found in the peace river Florida. The copper tooth was found in a very shallow creek part of big brook NJ. Is it possible that a meg could have swam farther north like modern great whites do during a split time when the water level overlapped the big brook area and dropped it? I’m still new at identifying teeth but they seem VERY very similar
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So I took a trip down to Florida and tried my luck in the peace river, i found a bunch of awesome stuff but this one piece stumped me I can’t seem to figure out what it’s from. Any thoughts??
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This and others like it were found on a dredge spoils beach on the Jekyll river on jekyll island, Georgia. Thank you for your help identifying this partial fossil. I presume it is a tooth, but I have been unable to find a reference for ID. I found four partial pieces similar to this, but the one in the photographs is most complete. There are two holes with a depression between them, and grooves on the outside edges on either side of the depression. Any help would be appreciated. Ruler represents inches.
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Fake Carcharodontosaurus tooth
paulyb135 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Last year when I was still a rookie in the dinosaur tooth collecting hobby I acquired a rooted Carcharodontosaurus in a trade. I was advised shortly after receiving it by a few people that it looks pretty fake. I have only just got the time to look in to this properly and my findings astounded me! Attached is a before and after image. The root is completely fake and the crown is made up of at least two different carch teeth and then glued together and painted. I have now thrown this tooth in the bin. My advice for all collectors so they don’t make the same errors as me and others I’m sure is to get second and third opinions before buying or trading!
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Hi everyone! I made a trip with family out to McFaddin beach on Memorial Day (the side closest to High Island). Artifacts and vertebrate fossils wash up here from the Pleistocene to the Holocene. There's some debate as to where they are coming from - they aren't in the Beaumont clay directly below the beach. A great webpage about the site is here: https://texasbeyondhistory.net/mcfaddin/ We found lots of fossilized arthropod burrows, some nice conch shells and beach glass (not fossils!), a piece of turtle scute, and a few bones. It was fun, and we saw no nudists on the beach - perhaps they thought it was too busy? We also found two items that we would love to have help from FF to ID.... The first item we think may be a fragment of a sloth tooth - this is only from perusing the fossil forum. Or ? At first we thought it might be plant, not animal, but the rectilinear shape of one side made us think twice. The other appears to be similar in form and size to a horse tooth, but no tooth enamel on the one end - just holes (apologize for blurriness of end photos). ??? Did the enamel fall off? Or is it something else? Thanks for your thoughts!
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I recently saw this torvosaurus, (i'm guessing tanneri) tooth. it measures 4.25 inches long and is partially rooted. Is this unusually large and rare for this dinosaur? It is from wyoming but isn't torvosaurus tanneri from the Dry Mesa quarry in colorado? Edmarka rex is similar to torvosaurus and its remains were found in wyoming so am i right in saying this tooth could belong to it? How does it look? Thanks in advance.
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Real Triceratops Tooth?
JulianoLPD posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi there guys! Found this teeth in the internet and wanted to know if they are real Triceratops tooth. Is it possible to tell? Thanks in advance, Juliano
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Hello everyone. This is a great website, I've enjoyed browsing through the various threads. I'm not sure if I'm in the right place though. I've been trying to find out what type of tooth that I have for some time, although have failed miserably. I have no idea how old this is. I was told that it was a buffalo tooth, although it seems to be too large and is not the same shape. This measures: 2.12 inches tall 1.58 inches wide 1.08 inch thick Weight: 43.91 grams I know that this isn't exactly what is usually posted, although I thought that I would give it a shot. I can delete this post if it isn't right for this site. I appreciate any thoughts. If you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them as best I can.
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Hi all, I found some interesting specimens from the Isle of Sheppey. Any ideas about what they could be? Probably around 50 million years old, Eocene. From the London Clay. My guesses are: Top: Initially thought it was a fish fang, but I'm starting to doubt it because the "tooth" seems to be the same material as the "jaw". Middle: Squalodon tooth? Bottom: A small animal's ulna? Thanks in advance. Jay
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Hi, Can anyone shed some light on what kind of fossilized tooth this is? I got it at an estate sale in Northern Colorado. It is 2.5 inches in length. Thank you in advance for your consideration and time!
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Well, "large" for what I have found around here anyway. Found in South Dallas, Texas. It was imbedded in a piece of Austin Chalk that rested right on top of the Eagle Ford Shale. I have found maybe 50ish shark teeth in the area but nothing even close to this size and preservation. I have never tried to identify any of the teeth, but this one intrigues me. Any ideas ?
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My first meg found summerville sc chandler Bridge Creek 3 inches
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I can’t figure out what kind of Tooth this is found Summerville South Carolina dorchester creek the tooth is exactly 1inch long
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Hello, I am new to the hobby and got my first mossosaur tooth with root. I bought it from one of the most reputable sellers who stated it was 100% as found, but being new and also quite paranoid I needed some opinions. Also please can you help me to identify the species as for a Prognathodon I think it looks a bit too light coloured and thin. The matrix of the fossil seems to have some other fossils inside as well as small fractions of bone and when put under light there are bits that glow (phosphate?). I would really like to know your opinions. I thank you all in advance!
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I found this tooth last year, and finally decided I wanted to find out what it was. My guide told me it was a tusk from a saber toothed tiger? But I think it more strongly resembles a whale tooth. Found on Tybee Island South Carolina
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Unknown Tooth From An Unknown Place At An Unknown Time
Mioplosus_Lover24 posted a topic in Fossil ID
I have this tooth here that I bought not knowing what it was or from where it was. I am thinking based on the color it is a whale tooth from South Carolina.
