jcbshark Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) I found this tooth recently and am not sure if it's a pathological Meg or possibly a Parotodus but not even sure if the later is even found here It's a partial unfortunately but enough is there to hopefully ID it. There doesn't appear to have ever been serrations on it although it is a bit worn. Thanks for looking Edited November 30, 2015 by jcbshark Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Looks like a Paratodus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Looks like a Paratodus. Agreed! And a big boy at that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I can buy that call, Parotodus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 WoW Jeff, Rare, Rare, Rare -- for here. Congrats!!! The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 Thank you folks, can anyone confirm if any have ever been found in Florida? I read they were supposed to be dispersed throughout the globe but haven't found even another scrap of one personally Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierk Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I know someone who has a few Parotodus benedeni from the St. John's river area near Jacksonville and have seen them in person. I also was told by someone in South Carolina that he did have one from "a river in northern Florida" but I don't know which river and I never saw it in person. But I have no reason to doubt the person in SC. I seem to recall that Steve Alter found one on or near Venice beach as a kid but I could be mis-remembering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimlock Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 That is an absolutely amazing find! P. benedeni was supposed to be wide ranging (although rare) and I have heard of teeth being found in Florida. Assuming you found it in your area, it fits in the temporal range that the species is known from. I think you hit the jackpot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calhounensis Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Very nice, Jeff! I've heard of one from the Venice area, the rest are from the St. Johns. I believe FLMNH has a composite jaw on display. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 Thank you all for the info, that's pretty exciting to hear: ) Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Very nice find. I have a 2 1/4" Parotodus from the St. John's river, so I can also confirm they are around. My collection also includes five others from different localities in florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Great find, Jeff! How cool to find something so rare for the area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 These are rare anywhere, but in FL they are practically mythical. "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...
Khyssa Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Fantastic find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Very nice Jeff. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 Thank you all Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Good find Jeff! Hoping You find many more!! 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...
jcbshark Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 Good find Jeff! Hoping You find many more!! Tony Thanks Tony, I'll do my best! Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierk Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 A Florida Parotodus is very high on my wish list. I am very happy you found it and didn't toss it back because it isn't 100% complete. I doubt I will ever find one but that won't stop me from looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 A Florida Parotodus is very high on my wish list. I am very happy you found it and didn't toss it back because it isn't 100% complete. I doubt I will ever find one but that won't stop me from looking!Good luck Steve, it would have been on my list if I knew they were even a possibility lol. : ) Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoWilliam Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Nice find!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinlukers Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Very nice!!! Their is hope for me!! Very nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Nice find!!!! Very nice!!! Their is hope for me!! Very nice find. Thanks folks Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Dang Jeff, so I tell you to go out and find the rest of that mammoth and you come back with a rare shark find. that's just wrong! LOL. Congrats! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 Thanks Chris: ) Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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