Shark teeth

[Bob Saunders]

Species   Carcharodon 
(Isurus) hastalis

Extinct Mako Shark

Notorynchus primigenius (Agassiz, 1843)
Fossil Cow Shark 

Miocene - Pliocene (~2.6 to 15 million years)

Hawthorne Formation 

Beaufort County, South Carolina 

Large tooth 1 1/16 in 2.8 cm

Notorynchus cepedianus tooth identification 
5 five cusp, showing masial side. 
Lower lateral Notorynchus cepedianus fossil shark tooth 

 

tail gate show find. 
 

[Praefectus]

Wow! Nice teeth.

[pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon]

I agree. What a stunner! 

[Bob Saunders]

Item #2
Sharks Teeth      

Species   Carcharodon hastalis 
(Isurus) hastalis

Extinct Mako Shark

Miocene-Pliocene (~2.6 to 15 million years)

Hawthorne Formation

Beaufort County, South Carolina 

large 1 3/8th in. long small 1 1/16th inch

[Gareth_]

34 minutes ago, Bob Saunders said:

Item #2
Sharks Teeth      

Species   Carcharodon hastalis 
(Isurus) hastalis

Extinct Mako Shark

Miocene-Pliocene (~2.6 to 15 million years)

Hawthorne Formation

Beaufort County, South Carolina 

large 1 3/8th in. long

 

This is a juvenile Otodus megalodon tooth. Serrations are there (although quite worn) and it has a bourlette. 

Some very nice teeth indeed, it's refreshing to see them still in the matrix!