Giant Shark Nursery In South Carolina

[Scylla]

Our favorite South Carolina paleontologist @Boessegot in the news (again) for finding a mega shark nursery.

 

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-24-million-year-old-megashark-nursery-discovered-in-south-carolina

[Scylla]

PS. This story made it to A Late Show With Stephen Colbert too

[Bails]

Hey all, I thought I would share an article a friend sent me. 
 

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-24-million-year-old-megashark-nursery-discovered-in-south-carolina

 

This potential discovery hit home the me. I live in Charleston, South Carolina and recently got into shark tooth hun ting with a couple friends when the Pandemic hit in March-April. In the last 6 month s we have found a number of juvenile C. megalodon and C. angustidens teeth (23 pictured below from my collection). As you can see a number have feeding damage. The best juvenile C. angustidens example that my fiancé found is pictured below. 

I am not here to flaunt a collection or brag, but it is fascinating, and mind blowing, to see the hours we have a spent hunting (potentially) support historic findings. New friendships and hobbies born in a historic megashark nursery? A needle in a haystack setting - South Carolina? A meg and an angy nursery? What else can you ask for?! I guess that’s 2020 for ya! 
 

Keep hunting, keep exploring, keep finding, keep breaking ground! And make some friends along the way!

 

- Bails

[Fossildude19]

Topics Merged.  

[Bails]

Thanks @Fossildude19

[Boesse]

Thanks @Scylla! You'll be pleased to know that the manuscript on our discovery is currently in review. If accepted, it's in an open access journal where everyone can read it for free without a paywall.

 

Here's the shot from the Late Show: