A couple of nice teeth

[Ludwigia]

I biked off to my favorite Miocene shark tooth site again this afternoon and when I got there there was already a family with 2 young children scratching and sieving away at it. A bit of conversation showed that they were pretty new to it, so I gave them a few tips and gave the kids all the small Carcharias ones I was finding. Eventually they said goodbye and trundled off down the path. It wasn't even a minute after they were gone that I suddenly found a good sized Galeocerdo aduncus, my largest one to date. A couple of pieces were broken off the edges, but I managed to find both of them in the sand and could glue them back on once I got home. Shortly after that, a Hemipristis serra anterior popped out, also in 2 pieces which I could also repair in the end. That was only the second one of this species which I have found there up to now. Needless to say, I was pretty happy to have found them both, despite having to glue them back together. There were also a nice little Carcarhinus priscus and a Carcharias acutissima to top things off. Here they are.

 

 

 

 

 

[JimB88]

Wow Awesome teeth Roger! Nice to see you collecting in the Miocene (though your ammonites are incredible too! ) Is that near the Baltic coast? Neat to think about Tiger sharks in the Baltic!

Edited July 12, 2020 by JimB88

[Ludwigia]

17 minutes ago, JimB88 said:

Wow Awesome teeth Roger! Nice to see you collecting in the Miocene (though your ammonites are incredible too! ) Is that near the Baltic coast? Neat to think about Tiger sharks in the Baltic!

Far from it, Jim. My spot is just slightly north of the Lake of Constance in the extreme south of Germany.

[JimB88]

Just looked at a map of Europe in the Miocene, now it makes sense 

[Ludwigia]

My site was on an arm of the Paratethys during the Burdigalian.

[Monica]

Congratulations on the nice chompers, Roger! 

(I was thinking of you yesterday, by the way, because I made a meal that involved Montreal steak spice )

[Shellseeker]

Nice colors , Roger. I love translucent

 

and I equally love finding the broken sections, even though for me, it means that I broke them

[Ludwigia]

8 hours ago, Monica said:

Congratulations on the nice chompers, Roger! 

(I was thinking of you yesterday, by the way, because I made a meal that involved Montreal steak spice )

Yummy!

 

6 hours ago, Shellseeker said:

Nice colors , Roger. I love translucent

 

and I equally love finding the broken sections, even though for me, it means that I broke them

Don't worry, I was also guilty of the same felony.

[Allosaurus]

Oooo, those are some cool finds!

[Ludwigia]

I visited the site again a couple of days ago and came up with another Galeocerdo aduncus which needed glueing back together and also my very first Alopias exigua from the site.

 

 

 

[Monica]

Congratulations on finding your first Alopias exigua, Roger!!! 

[Ludwigia]

2 hours ago, Monica said:

Congratulations on finding your first Alopias exigua, Roger!!! 

Thanks Monica. Always nice to have another first.

[Everhardus]

Nice ones Roger. Too bad they need glueing but at least you’re finding both pieces ! 

[bthemoose]

Nice thresher!

[Ludwigia]

11 hours ago, Everhardus said:

Nice ones Roger. Too bad they need glueing but at least you’re finding both pieces ! 

 

5 hours ago, bthemoose said:

Nice thresher!

Thanks guys. I'm happy with them.