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Palaeocarcharodon orientalis


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I want to show you this great tooth that i got on my birthday.

I never saw a tooth like this so i am very intrigued about this ...

 

Some information:

 

He is regarded as the ancestor of the great white shark, though this is not directly descended from him.

Palaeocarcharodon teeth in good quality have become almost impossible to find in Morocco.

 

My tooth is 4.5 cm long, about 60 millions years old (Palaeocene) and was found in Khouribga, Plateau des Phosphates, Marokko.

Do you have some teeth like this ? 

 

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Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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Happy birthday and cool tooth, yes I have and its one of my favorite 

 

Elasmo.com has this tooth described very well under Genera and paleocene.  Lots of info..

http://www.elasmo.com/frameMe.html

Don't forget to check out the dention...hit slide frame on the P orientalis  page and then go to dentition on the top

 

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8 hours ago, Troodon said:

Happy birthday and cool tooth, yes I have and its one of my favorite 

 

Elasmo.com has this tooth described very well under Genera and paleocene.  Lots of info..

http://www.elasmo.com/frameMe.html

Don't forget to check out the dention...hit slide frame on the P orientalis  page and then go to dentition on the top

 

Thanks very much Troodon ! 

Also for the great and informative link .... 

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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21 hours ago, Harry Pristis said:

Here's one of mine:

 

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Wow nice Harry ! And this size :wub: Ǵreat !

Your is from the same found location as mine ... are there other good locations to found them ?

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

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Paleocarcharodon orientalis teeth are found in the Aquia formation of Marlyland. During a temporary exposure from a construction project in the St. Stephen SC area a limited number of these teeth were found. There has also been a partial tooth described in the literature from a NJ location. There may be an additional site in the US but at the moment the location escapes me. In any case these teeth are an uncommon find in the US. I would think it likely that Paleocarcharodon teeth could be found in other African phosphate mine sites outside of Morocco.

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3 hours ago, fossilselachian said:

Paleocarcharodon orientalis teeth are found in the Aquia formation of Marlyland. During a temporary exposure from a construction project in the St. Stephen SC area a limited number of these teeth were found. There has also been a partial tooth described in the literature from a NJ location. There may be an additional site in the US but at the moment the location escapes me. In any case these teeth are an uncommon find in the US. I would think it likely that Paleocarcharodon teeth could be found in other African phosphate mine sites outside of Morocco.

Thanks fossilselachian ! 

Very helpful and Congrats ! 1000 posts ... thats a number :D

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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Oh man!

I had 2 of these teeth that came in a bulk box I used for grab bags last month....

I thought they were strange, but didn't bother to look them up :megalodon_broken01:

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On 10/18/2016 at 0:39 PM, fossilselachian said:

Paleocarcharodon orientalis teeth are found in the Aquia formation of Marlyland. During a temporary exposure from a construction project in the St. Stephen SC area a limited number of these teeth were found. There has also been a partial tooth described in the literature from a NJ location. There may be an additional site in the US but at the moment the location escapes me. In any case these teeth are an uncommon find in the US. I would think it likely that Paleocarcharodon teeth could be found in other African phosphate mine sites outside of Morocco.

 

They have also been found ( extremely rare ) from a Paleocene exposure in North Carolina.

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31 minutes ago, sixgill pete said:

 

They have also been found ( extremely rare ) from a Paleocene exposure in North Carolina.

Sixdill Pete:

 

Do you have any info on the general area of these NC Paleocarcharodon finds. Most interesting since such locations are so limited.

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Thanks all for the interesting posts ! 

Anybody know a location in Europe where you can find them ? :)

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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On 10/22/2016 at 1:27 PM, belemniten said:

Thanks all for the interesting posts ! 

Anybody know a location in Europe where you can find them ? :)

 

You would have to find an updated reference but I think Palaeocarcharodon is known from a chalk site in or near Faxe, Denmark.

 

 

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