fossilselachian Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Attached are a few pics of Parotodus benedeni teeth from several US locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 nice teeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 You beat me to it. I was taking pics of mine when you posted yours. I just completed another set of teeth. Here are the eocene, oligocene and miocene examples of Parotodus. BTW -great pieces you posted - Sharktooth Hill examples are very rare. There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Attached are a few pics of Parotodus benedeni teeth from several US locations. Wow, those are extremely nice! That Lee Creek anterior is incredible. Thanks for posting pics. Here are mine. The teeth in the first pic (all around 2 3/4") are (left to right): 1) Very Rare Chilean benny. I believe this is only one of a handful ever found down in Chile. Like megs, I guess the Parotodus got big down there as well, this tooth would be around 3" if the tip weren't gone. 2) Lee Creek tooth. 3) North Carolina river tooth The last picture shows three smaller specimens. The one on the left is from the Netherlands. Not sure of the formation, but I believe it is Miocene. The other two are Lee Creek teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharktoothguy11222 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 :o :o :o OMG!!!! I don't even have one . STH benedeni's are RARE. Northern Sharks, I didn't know there were benedeni's in Morocco? Cool Tha tighin fodham, fodham, fodham! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 The Moroccan ones are Parotodus sp. NOT benedeni There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharktoothguy11222 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 The Moroccan ones are Parotodus sp. NOT benedeni Got it, thanks. Tha tighin fodham, fodham, fodham! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Attached are a few pics of Parotodus benedeni teeth from several US locations. Very very nice, especially the lower anterior from LC!! Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted June 14, 2008 Share Posted June 14, 2008 Wow, those are extremely nice! That Lee Creek anterior is incredible.Thanks for posting pics. Here are mine. The teeth in the first pic (all around 2 3/4") are (left to right): 1) Very Rare Chilean benny. I believe this is only one of a handful ever found down in Chile. Like megs, I guess the Parotodus got big down there as well, this tooth would be around 3" if the tip weren't gone. 2) Lee Creek tooth. 3) North Carolina river tooth The last picture shows three smaller specimens. The one on the left is from the Netherlands. Not sure of the formation, but I believe it is Miocene. The other two are Lee Creek teeth. Lots of beauties here!! Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalodon1 Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 Awesome teeth!!!!! :thumbsup: I'm sure y'all know how rare these babies are!!! Diver's are lucky to pluck one or two of these a year, sure that land finds are not any easier to obtain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alopias Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 nice teeth is very difficult to find in europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted June 15, 2008 Author Share Posted June 15, 2008 Here are mine. The teeth in the first pic (all around 2 3/4") are (left to right): 1) Very Rare Chilean benny. I believe this is only one of a handful ever found down in Chile. Like megs, I guess the Parotodus got big down there as well, this tooth would be around 3" if the tip weren't gone. 2) Lee Creek tooth. 3) North Carolina river tooth The last picture shows three smaller specimens. The one on the left is from the Netherlands. Not sure of the formation, but I believe it is Miocene. The other two are Lee Creek teeth. Eddie: That L/C Parotodus is a beauty!! FS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Just throwing in a few of my bennies. These are all from Sharktooth Hill. The largest one is 2.75". The juvenile tooth (top left is about 1.6"). The tooth on the bottom left is an upper lateral, the bottom right is a lower anterior. Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Here's a Parotodus sp. tooth from the Oligocene Chandler Bridge Fm. of Summerville, SC ~ 28.5 myo. Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Here's one from an odd location that's far from perfect :-). It is from the San Mateo Formation in Oceanside, CA (~4-5 myo). It is only one of 3 or 4 ever found at this location. Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 they are nice i have one parodtodus sp. and a really small benedeni from maryland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 they are nice i have one parodtodus sp. and a really small benedeni from maryland Nice! Definitely hang on to the P. sp., they are not easy to come by. Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synechodus Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Wow, those are extremely nice! That Lee Creek anterior is incredible.Thanks for posting pics. Here are mine. The teeth in the first pic (all around 2 3/4") are (left to right): 1) Very Rare Chilean benny. I believe this is only one of a handful ever found down in Chile. Like megs, I guess the Parotodus got big down there as well, this tooth would be around 3" if the tip weren't gone. 2) Lee Creek tooth. 3) North Carolina river tooth The last picture shows three smaller specimens. The one on the left is from the Netherlands. Not sure of the formation, but I believe it is Miocene. The other two are Lee Creek teeth. Assuming the specimen from The Netherlands is coming from the Langenboom/Mill locality it should be the "Formatie van Breda" which pretty much covers the Miocene in that part of The Netherlands. More specifically, the fossil bearing layers at Langenboom/Mill seem to be of late Miocene to early Pliocene origin. Local complication is that the teeth-bearing sediments are sucked from the bottom of a small lake, so there is no way of telling their exact origin/age unless you dive down and find one in the walls of the underwater "canyons" in combination with a stratigraphic analysis of the undergound. Actually, there is a publication on the local stratigraphy coming out right about now, based on samples collected @ discrete intervals by divers. I could send you the PDF when I get it, if you're interested. Cheers, Paul 1 "And the men who hold high places, Must be the ones to start To mould a new reality, Closer to the Heart" (Rush, "Closer to the Heart" from the album "A Farewell to Kings") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 Just throwing in a few of my bennies. These are all from Sharktooth Hill. The largest one is 2.75". The juvenile tooth (top left is about 1.6"). The tooth on the bottom left is an upper lateral, the bottom right is a lower anterior. Isurus90064. Those are really great STH Parotodus teeth. That is the most Parotodus teeth I've ever seen at one time from this site. It will now be interesting to see what happens to the Ernest property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 they are nice i have one parodtodus sp. and a really small benedeni from maryland Bmorefossil: Parotodus teeth from Maryland are most uncommon. I'd really like to see a pic of this tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Assuming the specimen from The Netherlands is coming from the Langenboom/Mill locality it should be the "Formatie van Breda" which pretty much covers the Miocene in that part of The Netherlands. More specifically, the fossil bearing layers at Langenboom/Mill seem to be of late Miocene to early Pliocene origin. Local complication is that the teeth-bearing sediments are sucked from the bottom of a small lake, so there is no way of telling their exact origin/age unless you dive down and find one in the walls of the underwater "canyons" in combination with a stratigraphic analysis of the undergound. Actually, there is a publication on the local stratigraphy coming out right about now, based on samples collected @ discrete intervals by divers. I could send you the PDF when I get it, if you're interested. Cheers, Paul Hi Paul, Thanks very much for the information. I do believe it came from the Langenboom/Mill location. I wouldn't mind seeing the publicaton when it comes out, that would be interesting. I'll send you a PM with my e-mail address. Thanks! Eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Bmorefossil: Parotodus teeth from Maryland are most uncommon. I'd really like to see a pic of this tooth. here is the link, i found it on a recent trip, i dont have anything else that looks like it, and with the curved blade and thick rooth i assume it is a benedeni http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?ac...ost&id=5681 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Isurus90064. Those are really great STH Parotodus teeth. That is the most Parotodus teeth I've ever seen at one time from this site. It will now be interesting to see what happens to the Ernest property. I used to collect with Bob Ernst when he was still alive and I am currently helping with some of the issues you're referring to. We found some amazing fossils in the past. I remember Bob found 2 lower anterior Hexanchus andersoni once thast were fused together at the ends forming the largest Hexanchus tooth ever (each tooth was about 1.5 inches, the total length was somewhere around 3"). He had also found an associated Cosmopolitodus vert string (72 vert) with a number of teeth with it. Another fantastic fossil was a 5.5" meg with cusps (as in big cusps ala angustidens), a whale shark tooth, and only 2 serrated threshers (ever). Of course then there is all the stuff in the museum! 1 Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I used to collect with Bob Ernst when he was still alive... Talk about "on the knee of the master"! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 wow what was he like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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