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Found washed up on beach in Isle of Palms SC outside of Charleston. 
Are they Megalodon or White and what Epoch are they from

 

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From your picture, I believe #1 is Carcharodon hastalis (Giant White) and #2 is Carcharodon carcharias (Great White). #3 and #4 are tougher to tell because the side of the crown is damaged and the root is eroded. Since they are serrated, they are either Megalodon or Great White. I lean more towards #3 and #4 being great whites because I do not see a bourlette. 

 

They are likely Miocene-Pliocene in age. 

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Your second photo... 

I tried to lighten it a bit but it is very dark.

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Starting top left going clockwise.

1.Thinking Otodus angustidens ( definate burlette and cusp ).

2 Carcharias Carcharodon ( Great White)

3. Hard to tell since its so dark, not seeing a burlette so maybe GW.

4. Thinking Meg ( it has a burlette ) unless there were cusps broken off. Better lit picture is in order.

 

Not sure what the shiny helmet thing in the third picture is all about. It's not shark tooth. :headscratch:

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Thanks for the lighting caldigger. 

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#5 Otodus angustidens

#6 Carcharodon carcharias (Great White)

#8 Carcharodon carcharias (Great White)

 

The angustidens (#5) is an older species from the Oligocene. Could you take another picture of #7? Better lighting and close-ups of where the crown meets the root would be helpful. I can't tell if this tooth has cusps or not. 

 

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25 minutes ago, caldigger said:

Your second photo... 

I tried to lighten it a bit but it is very dark.

 

Starting top left going clockwise.

1.Thinking Otodus angustidens ( definate burlette and cusp ).

2 Carcharias Carcharodon ( Great White)

3. Hard to tell since its so dark, not seeing a burlette so maybe GW.

4. Thinking Meg ( it has a burlette ) unless there were cusps broken off.

 

Not sure what the shiny helmet thing in the third picture is all about. :headscratch:

Oops. I didn't see that you already gave tooth IDs. We are in agreement. 

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I'm not so sure about 7, it almost looks like it has bourlette to me. Close up pictures of it in better lighting would be good, I think it might be a meg, but without a clearer picture it's very hard to tell.

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I haven’t got a clue what that is.  
Don’t know how it got posted with my pics.  It’s not mine and have never seen it before. 

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7 hours ago, old bones said:

Lighter...

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Visible bourlette in this picture. I do believe it's either a meg or angustiden, not entirely sure which.

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