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Suffolk sharks teeth


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Hi all, new to the forum!

 

I have a few sharks teeth to identify for my daughter, if anyone can help? We met a lovely gent on Bawdsey beach, Suffolk who gave us a mini lesson and said the 2 we had found at the time were sand tiger shark teeth and one was about 4 million years old (I think that was the big one). I’m not actually sure if No1 is a tooth?

 

We are total beginners so not clued up on the time period names or classifications so if anyone can explain what we’re looking at in terms for a 6 year old that would be amazing!

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It appears Bawdsey Beach is Plesitocene and Pliocene mainly - so you're looking at up to 5million years old. The far left tooth does appear to just be a broken shark's tooth. The teeth themselves look to be from sand tigers, but it's hard to say for certain due to the breakage/lack of roots.

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Fossils? I dig it. :meg:

 

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