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Taiwanese Copal And Indonesian Shark Teeth


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Hi guys,

ran into a snag again.

I 've got an unpolished Copal from Taiwan. Unfortunately, I haven't actually heard of Taiwan having copal deposits, so I highly doubt its actually from there. Anyone's got any clue to where or what Copal I am looking at?

Next up, two shark teeth from the Ambon Island of Indonesia.

I feel the one from the left is from a mackeral shark, maybe even Sand Tiger. The one on the right I feel is a mako, or dusky shark. Unfortunately I am no expert and so I would appreciate input from any experts here. If it would help, the teeth on the left is thick and the right is rather flat.

Thanks again.

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Interesting teeth. The one on the left is almost certainly a worn lower Hemipristis serra. The tooth on the right is a kinda strange looking. Almost looks like a great white of sorts with that huge root. Not sure. I'm gonna check this post later to see if anyone has an ID.

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I'd agree with the lower Hemipristis, but the other looks more like a Carcharhinus species to me. Carcharhinus amboinensis is the Java shark -seems to look like it may be that species

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Lower anterior Hemipristis and upper lateral Glyphis (could be G. gangiticus or G. glyphis but location would fit better for G. glyphis).

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Awesome, I never even knew abut Glyphis. A freshwater shark tooth! I know I don't have one of those in my collection.

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Wow! I got a rare shark tooth.

Thanks so much for the ID guys.

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Neat teeth. As regards the copal, there are all kinds of places it could be from. I don't know of any Taiwanese deposits either, but Taiwan is a huge importer of copal and much of it comes from the Phillipines... if that helps.

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Neat teeth. As regards the copal, there are all kinds of places it could be from. I don't know of any Taiwanese deposits either, but Taiwan is a huge importer of copal and much of it comes from the Phillipines... if that helps.

It does.

I would like to at least know what it most likely originates from.

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