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Nubby little serrated tooth from the Bay


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I thought I would ask the experts for a little validation. :-) I found this nubby little tooth, about the size of a quarter, on the Chesapeake Bay. It isn't apparent from the picture but it is serrated.

 

I will try to get a better photo tonight in better light.. I know the photo is bad.

 

( It is next to a couple of seven gills and a tip of a Meg that certainly would have been nice to have found complete.. )

 

I'm thinking a very tiny Meg tooth, because it is certainly not a hemipristis.

I just didn't think Meg's could be that small.

 

Thanks for any help..

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Looks like some Megalodon posterior teeth I've seen posted here. :) 

And keep in mind, they had to be born and grow up. ;) 

 

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I would say without a doubt a posterior tooth from a small megalodon. I have one in my collection that is smaller than Roosevelt's head on a dime.

 

Also that looks like a very nice cow shark upper right next to the baby meg. Nice!!

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4 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Looks like some Megalodon posterior teeth I've seen posted here. :) 

And keep in mind, they had to be born and grow up. ;) 

 

I agree entirely - posterior Carcharocles tooth. Nice find!

 

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Yup. +1 for posterior meg. Would look great on display next to one of the big hulking megs.

 

 

Cheers.

 

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33 minutes ago, sixgill pete said:

I would say without a doubt a posterior tooth from a small megalodon. I have one in my collection that is smaller than Roosevelt's head on a dime.

 

Also that looks like a very nice cow shark upper right next to the baby meg. Nice!!

 

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My wife has a tiny one in our (her) collection that Dr. Kent identified as "prenatal."

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That would be cool to see. Do you think you could dig that one up and post a photo?

 

 

Cheers.

 

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Nice score! I have found a few baby teeth as well. They are cool finds!

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20 minutes ago, SailingAlongToo said:

 

Don,

 

My wife has a tiny one in our (her) collection that Dr. Kent identified as "prenatal."

 

Interesting. Would love to see that one, Jack.

 

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Excellent! Thanks for the identification help.

That is true.. there are babies that need to grow up... lol..

 

Thanks on the cow shark compliment also.. :-)

 

 

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