Great white shark teeth used as prehistoric pendants and possible tools

[Oxytropidoceras]

Cione, A.L. and Bonomo, M., 2003. Great white shark teeth used

as pendants and possible tools by early‐middle Holocene terrestrial

mammal hunter‐gatherers in the Eastern Pampas (Southern South

America). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 13(4), pp.222-231.

 

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Yours,

 

Paul H.

Edited August 30, 2021 by Oxytropidoceras
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[JamieLynn]

So this is kind of interesting because in Texas, there have been a few instances (not confirmed, but heard from a friend kind of situation) of supposed Megaladon teeth having been found in Texas.  Which as far as I know, there are no formations that produce Meg teeth here at all. My conjecture is that they may have been used/traded by Native Americans with other tribes from further East. I know of one person who said her husband found one on a lake shore along with other artifacts. So this is an interesting article as it may lend credence to that thought.

[Jared C]

2 hours ago, JamieLynn said:

So this is kind of interesting because in Texas, there have been a few instances (not confirmed, but heard from a friend kind of situation) of supposed Megaladon teeth having been found in Texas.  Which as far as I know, there are no formations that produce Meg teeth here at all. My conjecture is that they may have been used/traded by Native Americans with other tribes from further East. I know of one person who said her husband found one on a lake shore along with other artifacts. So this is an interesting article as it may lend credence to that thought.

I've heard about the occasional rare meg found along the shores of lake sam rayburn. The area is Oligocene and Eocene (maybe Miocene too, have to look again), but the oligocene fossils produced locally are petrified wood that likely resulted from accumulating in dense piles after being blown over by hurricanes and collecting in still waters.

 

I've also heard about the very rare meg occasionally washing up in Galveston - it would make sense, considering the likes of the other teeth you can find there

[JohnJ]

2 hours ago, JamieLynn said:

of supposed Megaladon teeth having been found in Texas

 

I've heard rumors of this, too; but, my skepticism has usually been supported when the teeth show no evidence of human alteration or there are numerous plausible explanations for recent transport.