Jackoteddy Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Today while at the beach with the kids I came across this amongst the stones. I know that it's a shark tooth but that's all I know as much help as possible would be fantastic to identify it please. Location Gosport, Hampshire UK I have a few more pictures if needed. Many thanks in Advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 What a lovely little shark tooth! I am not 100 percent confident in this ID - and I'm sure others will come along with more knowledge, but i think it's a Cretodus. www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Moved to FOSSIL IDENTIFICATION. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 21 minutes ago, JamieLynn said: i think it's a Cretodus. I agree “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackoteddy Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 26 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Moved to FOSSIL IDENTIFICATION. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Welcome to the forum! Nice tooth. I'm not convinced it's cretodus. Can we see the other side of the tooth? 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...
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ThePhysicist Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Ok not Cretodus. I'd say Cretolamna appendiculata. The thing that's throwing me off is what looks like a "nutrient groove" which goes down the middle of the root. If it's not Cretolamna, I've no idea. Maybe someone who's more familiar with the region can chime in. It looks like a mix of Cretaceous and more recent formations, so could be a more recent tooth? 2 "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...
siteseer Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 I don't know of a locality called Gosport but I know of a site called Lee-on-the-Solent (or Lee-on-Solent) in Gosport. I read online that you can no longer collect fossils there. The teeth found there are Middle Eocene age (roughly 45 million years old). That tooth looks like an upper tooth (an upper 1st lateral, I think) of Striatolamia macrota. It appears to be lighter-colored and little more water-worn than some teeth I've seen from Lee-on-Solent but maybe it's from a different spot in the area or it has simply rolled around a bit and seen more sun. Since these teeth are beach finds, we would expect that of many teeth. It also appears that the tooth is cracked at the area of the tooth where there would a nutrient groove - hard to say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Agree with siteseer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiHunter Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 9/12/2020 at 1:54 PM, Jackoteddy said: I know that it's a shark tooth Oh no!! Now that you have found one tooth and know they are there, you won't be able to stop yourself from going back and looking for more!! Beautiful tooth for your first find. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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