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Is this tooth a Meg?


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Hi everyone,

One of my friend just found this tooth in Brownie Beach (Calvert Cliff, MD). It looks like a worn Mako but it has serrations, so I am toward a Meg tooth. Any other suggestions?

 

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Definitely Mako.

 

It's hard to say from the pics but the "serrations" are either damage or a pathology. They are not regular enough for meg serrations.

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7 minutes ago, sorzano95 said:

it is not the right age but it looks oddly like a paleocarcharodon tooth maybe from a lag layer.

Sometimes Brownies produces some oddballs. Teeth from other time periods do occasionally show up.

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Definitely not a meg. I agree it looks very much like a Paleocacharodon.

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The serrations are to wide in comparison with the tooth to be megalodon. It must be some other shark.

 

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My first thought was also a Paleocacharodon Orientalis, but if finding one in the Potomac is very difficult (I did not find any yet in about 50 trips) can you imagine how hard can be to find it in the Calvert Cliffs?

By the way, this is the second trip of my friend to Brownie Beach :)

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20 minutes ago, ynot said:

Mako (white) shark teeth do not have serrations.

Could be a C. hastalis transitional tooth. (?)

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That thought also passed through my mind looking at it. I'm leaning towards no though. The transition goes from faint serrations to proper serrations and I don't recall such well defined "ragged" serrations in the transition. If we could have a clear close shot, that would help.

 

From what I can see I'm leaning towards a damaged mako.

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