Shellseeker Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 It is Saturday. so I was out hunting. In this case, Arcadia. Did not find a lot but I always find something. My partner found even less but did find this small shark tooth with Cusp. Identifications appreciated. Then my finds A mako -- a couple of Verts. Continued on next post. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted April 24, 2016 Author Share Posted April 24, 2016 Seems like a Whale tail vert -- yes ? No? It was a nice day .. The sun was shining, we were in the shade. and found enough to make it fun. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Nice finds! The tooth with cusps, maybe augustidens? It is hard to tell by the pics but it looked to have serrations, yes? If so that's my guess. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Looks like a eocene mackrel shark to me. Nice finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 ...The tooth with cusps, maybe augustidens?... Looks like a eocene mackrel shark to me. Nice finds! In the Peace River? "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...
Darktooth Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I admit when I first looked at the pic it resembles mackerel shark. But that's why I asked about serrations. When I tried to zoom in on the pic it was blurry but looked like there were small worn serrations on the blade. If that is true then I didn't think mackeral sharks had any serrations. Though I could be wrong. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Lamna nasus? I can't tell whether it is serrate or not: "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...
Darktooth Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Yeah its hard to tell if its small serrations or blade is just dinged up a bit. Where art thou shellseeker to answer our question? I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) Its strange, no doubt. Florida certainly has eocene exposures, and ive pulled squalicorax teeth out of rivers here that weren't supposed to be older than the oligocene. Tens of millions of years is plenty long for the material to become reworked Edited April 24, 2016 by Sharks of SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 It is fun to find things where they aren't supposed to be. I found a couple teeth at calvert cliffs that I don't believe are normal from that location. I will have to post when I get a chance. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 (edited) Apologies!!. I have a reason. At the Peace river or traveling 5:15am to 8pm Saturday AND Sunday, The shark tooth has no serrations... The blade edge seems similar to pristine Mako edges that I have seen. It was found yesterday in the Peace River at Arcadia. Edited April 25, 2016 by Shellseeker The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierk Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 SS, I think you have a lemon shark tooth that is showing some of the customary 'scalloping' on the enamel edge where it goes away from the main body of the tooth, but in your example(s), the root is worn away so it appears shorter and thus cusplet-like. I am attaching a photo found via an image search with Google, showing what I am trying to articulate. Like always, I do reserve the right to be incorrect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I agree, Lemon. Image: Upper lemon shark jaw: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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