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I hope everyone is having a great summer.  I was walking on the beach the other day and for the first time I found a piece of bone.  I have been walking this beach for the past 5 years and have never found a piece of bone.  It is 3 inches long and at its widest point it is one inch.  Hopefully it is IDable.  I have no knowledge of bone material at all so any feedback would be greatly appreciated. 

I also happened to find a shark tooth.  I believe it is a lower Carcharhinus plumbeus (Sandbar Shark) 13mm.  It is a great color and is serrated.  Also the root and blade is thin/flat.  That is one of the reasons I believe it is Sandbar Shark.  If someone can confirm my ID it would be greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the pics.Snapshot@2022_0726_132708.jpg.3b7f241f89fa0e06a162f1837af6555b.jpgSnapshot@2022_0726_132612.jpg.5a3f2c0598c0f6c32f746fde440106dd.jpg

 

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18 hours ago, hokietech96 said:

I hope everyone is having a great summer.  I was walking on the beach the other day and for the first time I found a piece of bone.  I have been walking this beach for the past 5 years and have never found a piece of bone.  It is 3 inches long and at its widest point it is one inch.  Hopefully it is IDable.  I have no knowledge of bone material at all so any feedback would be greatly appreciated. 

I also happened to find a shark tooth.  I believe it is a lower Carcharhinus plumbeus (Sandbar Shark) 13mm.  It is a great color and is serrated.  Also the root and blade is thin/flat.  That is one of the reasons I believe it is Sandbar Shark.  If someone can confirm my ID it would be greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the pics.Snapshot@2022_0726_132708.jpg.3b7f241f89fa0e06a162f1837af6555b.jpgSnapshot@2022_0726_132612.jpg.5a3f2c0598c0f6c32f746fde440106dd.jpg

 

I was going to offer C. plumbeus as an ID just looking at the photos before I read your description. Good call.  But it is an upper.  Like all Carcharinids, with the lowers the blades are narrow. Photo from elasmo.com below.

 

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I found this sand tiger this morning on my south Jersey beach. Little over an inch:

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22 hours ago, hokietech96 said:

@hemipristisThanks for the confirmation and the feedback!  

I'm sorry, no idea other than mammal, likely marine.

Fish are more my thing

 

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17 hours ago, hokietech96 said:

I found this sand tiger this morning on my south Jersey beach. Little over an inch:

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Carcharias sp. (perhaps C. acutissima or C. taurus)

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