Extraordinary Common Teeth

[isurus90064]

Great teeth, beautiful .. thanks for posting @Woopaul5

[Woopaul5]

Otodus Megalodon

Bone Valley Fm

Late Miocene/Early Pliocene

Central Florida

4.01”

 

[siteseer]

That's a cool one, Woopaul5.  That's an oddball Bone Valley color.

 

Jess

[fossilsonwheels]

We haven’t contributed much to this thread lately but I have a bit of time. I think one of the coolest sharks on the planet are Angelsharks. I thought putting ours on here might inspire others to show off their Squatina. 

 

Common teeth in many formations and yes they are small but extraordinary in their own way. So let’s see some love for the Angelsharks. 

 

First up from us. 

 

Squatina sp

Upper Jurassic 

Smallmouth Sands, Weymouth UK

 

The gentleman we got this from said Squatina aliferi was the species but we will just keep it general here. 

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Squatina hassei 

Cretaceous

Fox Hills Formation 

Poison Springs Colorado 

 

 

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Squatina sp. 

Paleocene

Belgium

 

I didn’t get a lot of geological information with this tooth. Labeled as Squatina prima which appears to be an Eocene species according to Fossilworks. Regardless it is a beautiful and colorful little tooth. 

[fossilsonwheels]

Squatina sp. 

Miocene

Temblor Formation/Round Mountain Silt

Bakersfield, Ca

 

I never know the right way to label the location when it comes to Sharktooth Hill stuff. Either way, I think these are among the prettiest teeth from STH. They are the largest Squatina teeth we have too. Common but super cool teeth. 

[fossilsonwheels]

Squatina sp. 

Upper Miocene/Lower Pliocene 

Bahia Inglesa Formation 

Copiapo, Chile

 

A pretty little tooth and one of my favorites. 

[fossilsonwheels]

We will wrap up this up with some cool teeth that came via TFF member @digit. Ken sent us some Squatina teeth from Cookiecutter Creek. Beautiful little teeth 

 

Squatina sp. 

Miocene/Pliocene 

Tamiami Formation 

Florida

[JBMugu]

On 2/1/2020 at 8:53 PM, siteseer said:

 

Hi Woopaul5,

 

I like the blue ones.  You see less of those.  I've seen some light blue teeth that came out of another STH dig but I don't know where.  The collector really got into shark teeth for a while.  He hunted down all kinds of old articles and spent time screening for micros and then he lost interest and got into something else.  He sent me a sample of what he was finding - good stuff including a small section of Echinorhinus dermal denticles still connected.

 

Yeah, Slow Curve was good but Bob's "west side," the west quarry, was better.  The teeth and bones are better mineralized.  Some of the bones are a dark brown color which you don't see much off elsewhere in the bonebed that I've seen.

 

Jess

 Jess, there are still a few places with nice colors in Bakersfield!

[fossilsonwheels]

28 minutes ago, JBMugu said:

 Jess, there are still a few places with nice colors in Bakersfield!

Those are some beautiful teeth. What a variety of colors!!

[siteseer]

2 hours ago, JBMugu said:

 Jess, there are still a few places with nice colors in Bakersfield!

 

Oh yeah, JB, you get great stuff too.  That's a great photo.  You should print postcards with that photo.

 

Jess

[Woopaul5]

Otodus Megalodon

Pisco Fm

Mid Miocene - Late Pliocene

Ica Desert, Peru

4.92”

4.49”

 

Nicknamed “the twins”. Associated 

[fossilsonwheels]

1 hour ago, Woopaul5 said:

Otodus Megalodon

Pisco Fm

Mid Miocene - Late Pliocene

Ica Desert, Peru

4.92”

4.49”

 

Nicknamed “the twins”. Associated 

Beautiful twins !

[fossilsonwheels]

I have an abundance of time and my hands right now so I thought I’d a few to this awesome thread. These will be the best of our STH shark teeth. The ones ending up in displays. 

 

Miocene

Temblor Formation

Round Mountain Silt Member 

Kern County California 

 

First up is Carcharodon hastalis

 

I am unclear if the correct taxonomy is now Carcharodon. That is how we label them. 

 

The largest upper is 2.3”. Two are close to 1.75”. The large lower has root restoration and is 2.75”. Super cool tooth. The other lowers are 1.75” and 1.42”. 

Edited April 2, 2020 by fossilsonwheels
Forgot geological information

[fossilsonwheels]

Helps if you actually upload the pictures lol

[fossilsonwheels]

Miocene 

Temblor Formation

Round Mountain Silt Member 

Kern County California 

 

Cosmopolitodus planus

 

Unique teeth and I like our color variations. The largest is 1.75”. 

[fossilsonwheels]

Miocene 

Temblor Formation 

Round Mountain Silt

Kern County California 

 

Isurus desori

Some of the prettiest and best quality STH teeth we have. There are a couple just over 1”. 

 

 

[fossilsonwheels]

Miocene 

Temblor Formation

Round Mountain Silt

Kern County California 

 

Hemipristis serra

Prior to our recent donation from @JBMugu we had no STH Hemipristis. He gave us 3 and we found 4 while searching through everything. One of the symphyseal teeth we found is not pictured. Gorgeous colors

[fossilsonwheels]

Miocene 

Temblor Formation 

Round Mountain Silt

Kern County California 

 

Heterodontus sp. 

 

We had one anterior and recently bought the fin spine. We found 2 anterior, 10 lateral and 2 anterior-lateral teeth. The best ones are in the Heterodontiformes display. 

 

This is a pretty cool part of the display. A nice selection of STH fossils from one of our favorite sharks. 

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Miocene 

Temblor Formation 

Round Mountain Silt 

Kern County California 

 

Echinorhinus blakei 

A rare one and a really generous gift from Jesse. We were thrilled to get an STH Bramble. A great piece of the fauna to acquire and a really nice addition to the Squaliformes display. 

[siteseer]

Hi Kurt,

 

The formation for Sharktooth Hill fossils is not the Temblor.  That is a name for a formation exposed in the Fresno County area.  It's the formation in which a lot of Desmostylus teeth, tusks, and some jaw sections were found.  The STH formation is the Round Mountain Silt but the fossils come specifically out of the Sharktooth Hill Bonebed.  Fossils have been found above and below the bonebed in the formation but they are uncommon.

 

Jess

[Notidanodon]

French and Moroccan meg bit beat up but I like the colours the French one has a sort of blue tinge

[fossilsonwheels]

On 4/4/2020 at 1:33 AM, siteseer said:

Hi Kurt,

 

The formation for Sharktooth Hill fossils is not the Temblor.  That is a name for a formation exposed in the Fresno County area.  It's the formation in which a lot of Desmostylus teeth, tusks, and some jaw sections were found.  The STH formation is the Round Mountain Silt but the fossils come specifically out of the Sharktooth Hill Bonebed.  Fossils have been found above and below the bonebed in the formation but they are uncommon.

 

Jess

Thank you for the correction Jess. Your knowledge is always helpful !

[fossilsonwheels]

Miocene 

Round Mountain Silt 

Kern County California 

 

Sphyrna sp. 

 

A pretty rare tooth from STH from what I understand. It’s a nice looking tooth. Nice blue color.