Fin Lover Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Found this tooth yesterday, washed out of the high bank along a creek in Ladson, SC (near Summerville). Have found teeth from multiple epochs here in the past. I have been looking at Alopias grandis and Paratodus benedini, but I have never found either and definitely need some help. It has enamel "shoulders" (looks like cusps that never really came all of the way out). Thank you! Fin Lover My favorite things about fossil hunting: getting out of my own head, getting into nature and, if I’m lucky, finding some cool souvenirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Looks a little “retroflexus like”? Especially in last pic. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, fossilselachian said: Looks a little “retroflexus like”? Especially in last pic. I agree. If not retroflexus, it could be C. hastalis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 For comparison: 1 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Nice tooth. The tooth is definitely not Alopias grandis or Paratodus benedini. I agree with a retroflexus or hastalis ID. Marco Sr. 2 1 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Right, it has the "elevated platform" as termed by Kent (1994) which is an inflated section of the root on the labial side at the crown-root boundary. A profile view would also show a more compressed crown than is seen in Carcharodon hastalis or Isurus oxyrinchus. Kent, B.W. 1994 Fossil Sharks of the Chesapeake Bay Region. Egan Rees & Boyer, Inc. 146 pp. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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