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help with id'ing shark tooth


BrettCo124

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Hey everyone. I'm really loving this forum a lot. If I read one post from anywhere on this forum, it makes me want to go out and search for fossils immediately. I definitely caught the fever and I'm loving every second of it!

 

I was at Big Brook in New Jersey yesterday, and I've had some trouble identifying some of my finds. I just want to get better at learning, and I know you all will be the best teachers. I've already posted a question to IDing other finds, but I forgot to add this shark tooth to that mix. I know the one skinny, long tooth is from a Goblin Shark, but I don't know what other other is. I'm sure many of you already know, but just in case, Big Brook fossils date back to the Cretaceous Period. 

 

Thanks so so much everyone. 

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The other shark tooth is also a goblin. The difference is that the longer one is an anterior (front) tooth and the flatter one is a lateral (side) tooth. The scientific name for the goblin is Scapanorhynchus texanus.

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9 hours ago, josephstrizhak said:

The other shark tooth is also a goblin. The difference is that the longer one is an anterior (front) tooth and the flatter one is a lateral (side) tooth. The scientific name for the goblin is Scapanorhynchus texanus.

Thanks so much for both identifying and also explaining. I'm really trying to learn how to ID, so every bit counts. Thanks again. 

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