Bradley Flynn Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 So this tooth was found on the beach. Anyone able to help with ID? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Looks very similar to Sphyrna mokarran, the Great Hammerhead, but South Africa is outside the range for this shark. It looks modern. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Flynn Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Flynn Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 We have these hammerheads on our coast Sphyrna zygeana, it seems like this tooth matches the bottom front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Bradley Flynn said: We have these hammerheads on our coast Sphyrna zygeana, it seems like this tooth matches the bottom front. Sphyrna zygeana usually doesn't have serrated blades. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Flynn Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 Mmmmm! Will research some more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Flynn Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 So after doing some reading I have come to the conclusion that this is a modern bull shark tooth(Carcharhinus leucas) this tooth was found while collecting cowrie shells in Jeffrey's Bay. Bull sharks have been reported as far south as breede river estuary in the Western Cape, sometimes 5km or more up freshwater rivers. Anyway! Entertaining myself here... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I'd agree with that conclusion, @Bradley Flynn. It looks like a modern, lower bull tooth, or at least Carcharhinus sp. Sweet find! 1 "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino9876 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Hello, its a lower Bull Shark tooth. Greetings from Germany My collection of Uncommon extant shark teeth - Here My collection of interesting rare shark jaws - Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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