Fossil_Adult Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I found this tooth a few years back collecting at Stratford hall on the tour (it was a great day) and now that I look at it twice it doesn’t look like any of my makos that I ah e in my collection and believe me, I have a lot of makos. So that brings me to ask, what exactly is it? It’s about 1 1/4 inches long and I have lower makos but they don’t look like this. Here’s some photos I hope I can get to the bottom of this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil_Adult Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 Here’s the other photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 It looks like a narrow form lower anterior tooth of Carcharodon hastalis. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Fossil_teenager said: I found this tooth a few years back collecting at Stratford hall on the tour (it was a great day) and now that I look at it twice it doesn’t look like any of my makos that I ah e in my collection and believe me, I have a lot of makos. So that brings me to ask, what exactly is it? It’s about 1 1/4 inches long and I have lower makos but they don’t look like this. Here’s some photos I hope I can get to the bottom of this! Remember that with regards to 'makos', there are a number of species in the Miocene-Pliocene, an additional one (at least) in the Eocene. Within each individual, tooth morphology differs between upper and lower jaw, as well as tooth position. That is a lot of variation. As someone who is a fan of 'mako' teeth (and have ~2000 from the mid-Atlantic area) I'm still learning, and still come across teeth periodically that have me scratching my head. It is certainly a lower lateral tooth. I suggest Isurus oxyrhinchus or I. hastalis. The tooth is rather worn, which makes me unwilling to pick one right now. 2 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 24 minutes ago, Thomas.Dodson said: It looks like a narrow form lower anterior tooth of Carcharodon hastalis. I agree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 16 minutes ago, hemipristis said: Remember that with regards to 'makos', there are a number of species in the Miocene-Pliocene, an additional one (at least) in the Eocene. Within each individual, tooth morphology differs between upper and lower jaw, as well as tooth position. That is a lot of variation. As someone who is a fan of 'mako' teeth (and have ~2000 from the mid-Atlantic area) I'm still learning, and still come across teeth periodically that have me scratching my head. It is certainly a lower lateral tooth. I suggest Isurus oxyrhinchus or I. hastalis. The tooth is rather worn, which makes me unwilling to pick one right now. It's a hastalis lower anterior. It would have a slight S-curve to it if it were I. oxyrinchus. It would be shorter and broader at the base if it were a lateral. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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