New Members arugula_bandit Posted April 3, 2020 New Members Share Posted April 3, 2020 I found this tooth a long time ago, on a river bank in north Alabama, and have just held onto it. I'm not even positive that it's fossilized, but it seems like it is to my untrained eye. It is still pretty sharp on the front and back edges. I really don't know anything else about it, but it doesn't look similar to any shark teeth that i know of, or alligator. Any help would be appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I would research Parotodus benedeni (False Mako). Thats what it looks like to me. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 What you have is the crown, less the root of a shark. I believe you are in Cretaceous deposits so one possibility is Cretoxyrhina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSRhunter Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Ummm this looks like an Isurus planus crown to me with Bakersfield colors? Looks like a tooth that doesn't belong in the slightest I'm willing to bet money that this is a crown from a Bakersfield planus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyquest Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Looks like it's from Bakersfield CA. Hooked tooth mako. Isurus planus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Is it from Alabama? I agree that it looks just like a planus tooth from bakersfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Hello Arugula Bandit and a warm welcome to TFF from Austin, Tx. I'm just curious, are you the one who's been stealing my funny leafed lettuce from my garden? If so, please help yourself, it tastes a little funny to me. Just leave a fossil behind. BTW, very nice tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members arugula_bandit Posted April 3, 2020 Author New Members Share Posted April 3, 2020 after looking up the Planus, that does seem to be really similar. Thanks everyone! 7 minutes ago, Praefectus said: Is it from Alabama? I agree that it looks just like a planus tooth from bakersfield. I did find it in Alabama, just north of Decatur, almost to Tennessee. It was loose on the bank - I wasn't fossil hunting or anything, just walking around. No idea how it could have ended up there. 5 minutes ago, grandpa said: Hello Arugula Bandit and a warm welcome to TFF from Austin, Tx. I'm just curious, are you the one who's been stealing my funny leafed lettuce from my garden? If so, please help yourself, it tastes a little funny to me. Just leave a fossil behind. BTW, very nice tooth. I've never traded fossils for salad greens before, but we do live in interesting times. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 minute ago, arugula_bandit said: never traded fossils for salad greens before Perhaps not. But given your avatar, I suspect you've been involved in some activity including "salad greens". I'm just trying to make an honest man of you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 1 hour ago, arugula_bandit said: I've never traded fossils for salad greens before, but we do live in interesting times. I've traded fossils for a burger, fries and a coke. It won't work at McD's, but the owner of the local bar & grill near where I collected would make the trade if you found one he wanted. They also had a liverwurst and onion on rye toast sandwich on the menu. This was back when pop ran the bar and mom ran the grill, up to the late 90's. 2 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 11 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said: I've traded fossils for a burger, fries and a coke. It won't work at McD's, but the owner of the local bar & grill near where I collected would make the trade if you found one he wanted. They also had a liverwurst and onion on rye toast sandwich on the menu. This was back when pop ran the bar and mom ran the grill, up to the late 90's. Those were the good old days. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 15 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said: They also had a liverwurst and onion on rye toast sandwich on the menu. Please excuse me whilst I hurle. The tooth definately looks to be a Bakersfield planus. Thousands of visitors from all over have collected there, perhaps it was in someone's pack and fell out while hunting in 'bama. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 On 4/3/2020 at 2:17 PM, Mark Kmiecik said: I've traded fossils for a burger, fries and a coke. It won't work at McD's, but the owner of the local bar & grill near where I collected would make the trade if you found one he wanted. A friend of mine had to resort to trading a pocket knife he had on him for a couple gallons of gas when he was stranded with an empty tank and an empty wallet out on a desert trip once. He and his buddy had pushed the car a good two miles to the station. The station attendant probably felt sorry for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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