Dino9876 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Hello, I just found this shark tooth in my collection. Unfortunately I don't know anything about fossil shark teeth, so I wanted to ask you for help. The tooth measures about 38mm on the longest side, but I don't know where the tooth was found. At the first look, it looks like a Mako shark tooth to me, but what species? I only know the modern ones... Maybe you can help me. Thank you in advance and best regards from Germany My collection of Uncommon extant shark teeth - Here My collection of interesting rare shark jaws - Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil_Adult Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Yes it is a mako. It may be a hastalis if I'm not mistaken. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino9876 Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 22 minutes ago, Fossil_teenager said: Yes it is a mako. It may be a hastalis if I'm not mistaken. Thank you very much for your fast reply My collection of Uncommon extant shark teeth - Here My collection of interesting rare shark jaws - Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bthemoose Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Yes to Carcharodon hastalis although technically not a mako but rather an extinct white shark that evolved into the Great White (Carcharodon carcharias). People often still call them “makos,” though as they were previously categorized as such (Isurus hastalis). Your tooth has the look of some of the teeth from Chile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 +1 for Carcharodon hastalis. Nice tooth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokietech96 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Reminds of a tooth from Shark Tooth Hill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino9876 Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 Wow, thank you all for the many replys and especially thank you bthemoose for the explanation My collection of Uncommon extant shark teeth - Here My collection of interesting rare shark jaws - Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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