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Shark tooth Fossil found in Victoria, Australia


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Found in shore of Glenelg River, Victoria, Australia. Just wondering what species is it from?

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Nope, but one of our shark specialists will be along in a bit, I expect.

I would change the title to "Shark Tooth found in Victoria, Australia", myself.

Might attract their attention quicker. 

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Cool find. It would help if we could narrow down which geological formation it comes from (and therefore the age). The Glenelg runs for some distance, whereabouts on the river was it?

 

There are Miocene-Pliocene shark teeth not too far away near Hamilton, i would suspect this tooth is a similar age, but more precise location info would be needed to narrow it down. If i had to make a guess for species, possibly Isurus desori based on the suspected age and relatively large size/narrow form. 

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  • Fossildude19 changed the title to Shark tooth Fossil found in Victoria, Australia
8 hours ago, Paleoworld-101 said:

. If i had to make a guess for species, possibly Isurus desori based on the suspected age and relatively large size/narrow form. 

And shape of the one root lobe

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