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Claw found in the river while shark tooth hunting


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I found this claw while sifting gravels looking for shark teeth in a small creek. Does anybody have any ideas on what this might be? It was found in North Carolina.

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It looks like a shark tooth to me as well. I'm not sure about the species though. Still a pretty cool find!

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The striations seem to continue down onto the root so I'm guessing it is a Scapanorhynchus (Goblin Shark) tooth.

 

Ah, Al Dente beat me to the punch by seconds. ;)

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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concur w/Scapanorhynchus tooth

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George Santayana

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