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1 hour ago, fossilsonwheels said:

Upper and lower Heptranchias from the Oligocene of Poland. I think it is a rare enough genus to warrant inclusion here.

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Heptranchias is most definitely a scarce genus in the fossil record, awesome tooth!

 

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Not the rarest, but still extremely rare:

 

juvenile Cardabiodon  ricki

Cenomanian

Greenhorn Limestone Formation

Lincoln Limestone Member

Russell County, Kansas

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Not extremely rare but not common where I used to go

 

Isistius triangulus

Miocene

Bouches du Rhone, France

 

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Ginglymostoma sp

Miocene

Bouches du Rhone, France

 

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7 hours ago, Pixpaleosky said:

Not extremely rare but not common where I used to go

 

Isistius triangulus

Miocene

Bouches du Rhone, France

 

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Ginglymostoma sp

Miocene

Bouches du Rhone, France

 

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Those Ginglymostoma teeth are really interesting to see from France!  Very awesome finds.

 

Best Regards 

Ben

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Here is a really cool one we just got from @Untitled. Very rare genus from a fantastic location known for deep sea sharks. A tooth from Squaliolus, the Pygmy Shark. This is one of the teeth that really make me want to get back into the classroom and talk sharks.

 

Squaliolus schaubi

Miocene

Near Avignon

Bonpas France

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10 hours ago, fossilsonwheels said:

Here is a really cool one we just got from @Untitled. Very rare genus from a fantastic location known for deep sea sharks. A tooth from Squaliolus, the Pygmy Shark. This is one of the teeth that really make me want to get back into the classroom and talk sharks.

 

Squaliolus schaubi

Miocene

Near Avignon

Bonpas France

 

 

Sweet tooth! I’m trying to get some bonpas teeth at the moment :)

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Factoring in locality, this is one of my rarest:

 

Otodus megalodon (symphyseal)

Miocene

Cidolog

West Java, Indonesia 

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Another tooth that’s up there in the rarity department:

 

Undescribed Cardabiodontid species 

Albian

Toolebuc Formation 

Near Richmond, Northwest Queensland 

Australia

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Here’s a pretty blue upper Carcharodon hubbelli/carcharias tooth from

Lee Creek. Pretty rare I think.

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4 hours ago, will stevenson said:

@ThePhysicist

talking about dwardius, the Cambridge locale strikes again 

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Will- that is an awesome tooth ! Great addition to yoru collection

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3 minutes ago, fossilsonwheels said:

Will- that is an awesome tooth ! Great addition to yoru collection

Thanks Kurt :) only one ive seen from that locality, considering ive seen two paraisurus from there, quite happy to have it

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Here's one from a rare locality!

Otodus auriculatus from Togo.

 

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If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM!

 

 

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Most of the teeth in our collection that I consider rare are Squaliformes. We just got this one. A really nice Cretaceous example of an extant genus. 

 

Centroscymnus sp 

Cretaceous

Northumberland Frm

Hornby Island

BC

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Johnlongia tooth

Found in Fish mash material by my 11yo son

Scale 5mmX5mm

Albian

Toolebuc Formation 

Richmond, Northwest Queensland 

Australia

 

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This is a good thread, so figured I’d revive it.

 

Thrinacodus gracia

Early Carboniferous

Serpukhovian Stage

Zaborie Quarry

Moscow Region, Russia 

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My oldest shark teeth are from the Devonian, and these seem to be pretty rare:

 

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"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

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Here’s a nice little Parotodus mangyshlakensis the Mangyshlak Peninsula, Kazakhstan. Not the rarest tooth , but not the most common either.

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30 minutes ago, Creek - Don said:

Paraisurus - extremely rare extinct genus of mackerel sharks.  Found all three teeth near Lake Texoma Duck Creek Formation. 

Lovely :wub:. That one farthest right doesn't look like one, however. Does it have cusplets?

"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 | SquamatesPost Oak Creek | North Sulphur RiverLee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone

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10 minutes ago, ThePhysicist said:

Lovely :wub:. That one farthest right doesn't look like one, however. Does it have cusplets?

I found all three teeth at  the same exact spot.  Not sure whether this tooth falls under Paraisurus or something else.  

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35 minutes ago, Creek - Don said:

I found all three teeth at  the same exact spot.  Not sure whether this tooth falls under Paraisurus or something else.

Welton and Farish say that Paraisurus does not have cusplets. This looks like a symphyseal from Cretolamna or maybe Cretoxyrhina - still a nice tooth!

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"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 | SquamatesPost Oak Creek | North Sulphur RiverLee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone

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1 minute ago, ThePhysicist said:

Welton and Farish say that Paraisurus does not have cusplets. This looks like a symphyseal from Cretolamna or maybe Cretoxyrhina - still a nice tooth!

 

Thanks for ID'ing that tooth.  I was also not 100 percent sure about that tooth either. :notworthy:

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Procentrophorus

Cretaceous

Northumberland Formation 

Hornby Island BC 

 

Another pretty rare Squaliformes tooth from Hornby Island. Pretty unique little tooth. 

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