Bgatt3 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Found this today... I know it's worn ... But it's my biggest find yet and I love it!!! What is it please help ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Search4 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Lower Meg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Looks to be a Meg tooth "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Meg with the enamel completely absent. ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Given the 'Mickey Mouse ear' root lobes, I would not rule out C. angustidens. "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...
Bgatt3 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 I didn't know if that was from just being worn down so much or if it wasn't like the other megladon I've found ... It's bigger so I didn't have anything physically to compare it to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaholic Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Auspex is right, there is no way to tell the difference now, beyond just a worn shark tooth. "A man who asks is a fool for five minutes. A man who never asks is a fool for life". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgatt3 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 I thought he meant it possibly could be... I understand it's just a worn tooth but it's the biggest tooth I have found and I'm sure there is a way to tell... Sometimes I wish some would remember what it felt like to find a big decent one even if it is worn... :/ discouraging sometimes to keep hearing it's just a worn tooth...thank you to those who understand and help us amateurs try to figure these out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgatt3 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Thank you auspex for your incite... I was wondering because it's a bigger kind of v instead of more straight across?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Thank you auspex for your incite... I was wondering because it's a bigger kind of v instead of more straight across?.. Someone here coined the phrase "Mickey Mouse ears" years ago to describe C. Angustidens root lobes; I found it memorable and useful. Wear in a fossil in no way diminishes the thrill of discovery; this is a honking big tooth! All it does is make a positive ID a lot harder. "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...
ynot Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I wish I could find a tooth like that!! My biggest meg is less than 2 inches with no root. Be happy with all that You find! You have a good spot for sure! Good luck with Your searches!! Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgatt3 Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 I am happy tony lol... Maybe a little too happy I have them all over the house, garage, and shed thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 fossilized slingshot? Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgatt3 Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Mrieder79... From the cave ages??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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