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I was visiting the Peace River this year for my bday with my husband, and we came across some awesome fossil hunters. We’d never hunted the Peace, and were totally unprepared. Fortunately, the group we stumbled upon were super nice. They had sifters to spare and beers to share. :) 

 

They not only made my birthday, but also gave me this tooth. I can tell it’s a canine, but not sure what it’s from. Any thoughts? Tooth is just shy of 3/4”.

 

Thanks very much!!

Lauren 

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One of my favorite teeth.  It was the the first really nice fossil I found back in 2008 hunting just south of the Rt 70 bridge over the Peace River in Arcadia.

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4 hours ago, ChristineR said:

That is a pretty tooth!!!!

Yes,  you might say that I got hooked on the joys of fossil hunting with that tooth and some of similar quality.

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10 hours ago, Shellseeker said:

One of my favorite teeth.  It was the the first really nice fossil I found back in 2008 hunting just south of the Rt 70 bridge over the Peace River in Arcadia.

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Jack, that is an amazing lower hemi. It looks like the shark dropped it out just so you could find it about an hour beforehand. Stunning.

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1 hour ago, sixgill pete said:

 

Jack, that is an amazing lower hemi. It looks like the shark dropped it out just so you could find it about an hour beforehand. Stunning.

Thank you. It was an amazing feeling.  I had no Kayak, little knowledge of anything fossil related, I made a sieve, took a shovel, walked in and started digging. I remember that I tossed away the 1st few Armadillo osteoderms because I thought they were parts of asphalt streets. I had a full time job in 2008 and could only get out on the weekends.  It was my 2nd or 3rd time out that this tooth fell into my sieve. At the time, I thought how great it was to find such treasures and expected many more.

It is still my best Hemi...

 

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15 hours ago, Shellseeker said:

One of my favorite teeth.  It was the the first really nice fossil I found back in 2008 hunting just south of the Rt 70 bridge over the Peace River in Arcadia.

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19 hours ago, Al Dente said:

It is a Hemipristis lower tooth. It’s from a shark, not a mammal.


Wow really?? It’s very rounded on both sides though like you would expect a canine to be. Don’t shark teeth typically have a flat anterior side?

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Here are some pics of every side. (I’m not arguing with you guys! Just making sure :))

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3 minutes ago, Reptilia said:

Here are some pics of every side. (I’m not arguing with you guys! Just making sure

You have a very worn lower jaw tooth. The upper teeth of Hemipristis are generally flat one side.   The lower teeth generally are not....

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23 minutes ago, Reptilia said:

Don’t shark teeth typically have a flat anterior side?

In many cases, yes, sharks teeth are flattened. But not all of them. In this case this tooth is from the very back of the sharks jaw (or a worn lower as Jack mentioned). Check out a site like Elasmo.com to see what a complete dentition looks like with variable teeth. 

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40 minutes ago, Shellseeker said:

You have a very worn lower jaw tooth. The upper teeth of Hemipristis are generally flat one side.   The lower teeth generally are not....

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33 minutes ago, ClearLake said:

In many cases, yes, sharks teeth are flattened. But not all of them. In this case this tooth is from the very back of the sharks jaw (or a worn lower as Jack mentioned). Check out a site like Elasmo.com to see what a complete dentition looks like with variable teeth. 


Thanks very much, guys! Learned something new today. 

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