Angie Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Hey everyone! Last month, I went hunting for shark teeth a few times and I realized that I hadn't shared my finds yet with TFF We've spent the last days of our vacation in Florida and did some beach hunting there (thank you very much @Grimlock for your help!). We found some nice teeth, our first 'recent' ones! What do you do first when you come home? You go hunting there I went to an ex situ spot in the Antwerp (Belgium) area (Miocene and Pliocene deposits). You have to dig and sift a lot of sand in order to find fossils over there. Unfortunately, the majority of the fossils are broken (because the sand is transported through tubes), so I'm very happy every time I find a complete tooth Mako teeth are the most common 'bigger' teeth over there (mostly C. hastalis, with an occasional I. oxyrinchus and if you're lucky a I. retroflexus). Teeth from other 'big' sharks (such as great white, megalodon) are very rare. Therefore, it isn't very surprising that I found lots of mako teeth Are you bored yet? To be continued in the following post... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Posted September 15, 2016 Author Share Posted September 15, 2016 Cowshark teeth are more common here than in the USA, but I didn't have much luck in finding a complete one this month… I also found 2 nice tiger shark teeth (G. aduncus) A nice C. catticus and a Squatina sp. (my first one! ) And some smaller teeth of various species! Of course, more animals than sharks only used to live there A vertebra from probably a porpoise and a tooth from a fish/mammal? Thanks for reading and have a nice day! Kind regards, Angie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Good report and fascinating purple behind those shark teeth!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCW3D Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Awesome finds all around! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Very cool shark teeth..... TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 On 15-9-2016 at 2:35 PM, doushantuo said: Good report and fascinating purple behind those shark teeth!! Thanks! Why put them on a wooden table when you can put them on purple 14 hours ago, RCW3D said: Awesome finds all around! Thanks! 13 hours ago, njfossilhunter said: Very cool shark teeth..... Haha thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Your welcome..... TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimlock Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 You are very welcome, always glad to help. Those are some terrific finds Angie, I'm sooooo jealous of those cow shark teeth! I agree with everyone, the purple makes the teeth POP. I think you are going to start a trend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Nice finds! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 18 hours ago, Grimlock said: You are very welcome, always glad to help. Those are some terrific finds Angie, I'm sooooo jealous of those cow shark teeth! I agree with everyone, the purple makes the teeth POP. I think you are going to start a trend Haha thanks! A trend with fossils on purple on TFF, that would be awesome! 11 hours ago, darctooth said: Nice finds! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Very nice finds Angie, you sure get a lot of Makos over there. Nice that Dan(Grimlock) could put you on some teeth on the East coast as well, they're much harder to find over there : ) 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...
Angie Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 3 hours ago, jcbshark said: Very nice finds Angie, you sure get a lot of Makos over there. Nice that Dan(Grimlock) could put you on some teeth on the East coast as well, they're much harder to find over there : ) Thanks! Haha yes it's pretty hard to find teeth there, compared to the West coast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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