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[Ben OBrien]

Hello all. Today was our first First foray into ‘shark tooth hunting’, as my kids put it. Found a fair few red herrings (crab claws) but also found the attached. We would love to get an ID if possible. Just over 3cm long and 1.5cm wide. 
Found along North Kent coast (Uk)

 

much obliged 

 

Ben

[Fossildude19]

It's pretty worn, beat up,  and missing the root .  Not sure you can get a positive ID on it.

Wait for some local thoughts on the matter.

[Ben OBrien]

14 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

It's pretty worn, beat up,  and missing the root .  Not sure you can get a positive ID on it.

Wait for some local thoughts on the matter.

Thanks. Chuffed that we found it within a few minutes tbh. I’d assume that the fact that it’s so smooth would suggest it’s pretty old. Is it safe to say it’s a tooth of some sort?

[Fossildude19]

Oh, it's definitely a tooth. It has no serrations, which would indicate great white or megalodon, but whether that is due to erosion or because of the genus/specie  of shark (also looks like a mako,) is beyond my ability to figure out. The lack of root, and other identifying details just makes this difficult to ID to genus/species.

[Ben OBrien]

Appreciate it, thank you. We’re back again tomorrow. My eldest is hooked already!

[Shellseeker]

1 hour ago, Ben OBrien said:

Thanks. Chuffed that we found it within a few minutes tbh. I’d assume that the fact that it’s so smooth would suggest it’s pretty old. Is it safe to say it’s a tooth of some sort?

Smoothness can also be a situation of water erosion.  Teeth that are protected , can be almost perfect after millions of years... As Fossildude indicates, it is impossible to make a confident ID, but it does look most like a Mako with it's root torn off and then water erosion smoothing the break

[Coco]

If Miocene, I think it is Carcharodon hastalis.

 

Coco