Extraordinary Common Teeth

[isurus90064]

Otodus auriculatus

 

" - cm

 

Lutetian, Eocene

Lede Sand Formation
Oosterzele

Belgium

 

[mattbsharks]

Incredible stuff @isurus90064! Here's my contribution. 4 all natural otodus teeth sized 3.22"-3.59". 

[isurus90064]

Those are some real beauties. All natural O. obliquus are actually not as easy to come by as most people think, thanks for posting! They look particularly good together.

[isurus90064]

Carcharodon carcharias

 

3.1~" 7.87- cm

 

Bahia Inglesa Formation

South of Caldera

Provincia Copiapo

III Regio de Atacama

Chile

 

 

[isurus90064]

Carcharodon carcharias

 

~3.22" - 8.18cm

 

Bahia Inglesa Formation

South of Caldera

Provincia Copiapo

III Regio de Atacama

Chile

 

[isurus90064]

Couple things about this tooth. Sometimes these teeth develop that odd looking wave along the cutting edge, although I've only seen this in larger teeth.

 

Second, the waxy paste they slap on these teeth is really just to fill in cracks. I've removed it from some of the other teeth but this one clearly still has it.

 

Carcharodon carcharias

 

~" - cm

 

Bahia Inglesa Formation

South of Caldera

Provincia Copiapo

III Regio de Atacama

Chile

 

[isurus90064]

Otodus auriculatus

 

" - cm

" - cm

" - cm

" - cm

 

Lutetian, Eocene

Lede Sand Formation
Oosterzele

Belgium

 

[isurus90064]

Striatolamia macrota

 

Lutetian, Eocene

Lede Sand Formation
Oosterzele

Belgium

 

[isurus90064]

Striatolamia macrota

 

Lutetian, Eocene

Lede Sand Formation
Oosterzele

Belgium

 

[isurus90064]

Allodesmus kernensis

 

"Sharktooth Hill"

~15.5 Ma

Middle Miocene

Roundmountain Silt

Bakersfield, Kern County

CA

 

[Woopaul5]

23 hours ago, isurus90064 said:

Hey Woopaul5, beautiful teeth! love the orange one on the left. Looks like the largest one is sitting right around 3"?

 3.22 is the largest

 

Thank you!!! Love your collection as well

[isurus90064]

Fantastic! once again, thanks for posting!! would love to see what else you have.

[Woopaul5]

C. Angustidens.

Chandler bridge fm

Low Country, SC

**repair to labial side root and lingual side has a few serrations repaired 

 

Notidanodon Loozi

Morocco

 

in the background 

[isurus90064]

Very very nice!! the ric is somewhat in a class of its own.

[Doctor Mud]

On ‎11‎/‎08‎/‎2019 at 8:22 AM, isurus90064 said:

Otodus auriculatus

 

" - cm

" - cm

" - cm

" - cm

 

Lutetian, Eocene

Lede Sand Formation
Oosterzele

Belgium

 

Very nice examples from that site. They are usually very worn.

[isurus90064]

Thank you. To Doctor Mud's point, the condition of teeth coming from this locality is generally more like the one pictured below.

 

Otodus auriculatus

 

" - cm

 

Lutetian, Eocene

Lede Sand Formation
Oosterzele

Belgium

 

[isurus90064]

Following mattbsharks example of all natural Otodus obliquus teeth. Thanks mattbsharks!

 

Otodus obliquus

 

[isurus90064]

Finding unrestored all natural Otodus teeth from Morocco can be as hard as finding very high quality teeth from anywhere else. They have become quite proficient at filling and blending filler into teeth that are damaged or are simply incomplete. One effective test would be to drop a tooth in question in a bit of water for a while. While it does not expose all fakery, it does help with the most common and sometimes least visible filler jobs.

 

Otodus obliquus

 

[isurus90064]

Also, on teeth as common as Otodus obliquus it shouldn't be necessary to restore them. People generally don't pay more for common teeth that are restored.

 

Otodus obliquus

 

[isurus90064]

... one more ...

 

Otodus obliquus

 

[isurus90064]

All together now ...

 

 

thank again mattbsharks.

[isurus90064]

Here's a seemingly common tooth with some incipient serrations, possibly the earliest version of serration development in an Otodus obliquus tooth from Morocco.

 

I have seen an example of an entire Otodus obliquus dentition where all teeth have started developing serrations to a slightly greater extend than the example pictured here.

 

Otodus obliquus

 

[isurus90064]

There are also many examples of the huge variety of pathologies in Moroccan Otodus teeth. Here's just one:

 

Otodus obliquus

 

[mattbsharks]

55 minutes ago, isurus90064 said:

Following mattbsharks example of all natural Otodus obliquus teeth. Thanks mattbsharks!

 

A real beauty! Many collectors overlook the beauty of an unrepaired o. Obliquus tooth 

[isurus90064]

Couldn't agree more, that's kind of what your post triggered.