Limestone Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Hi all, I recently bought a small lot of shark teeth, all said to be found in Florida and have been trying to identify them. These are some of them, am I doing alright? The ones labeled "Lemon?" have all a small notch on the middle of the root, is this a good way to identify them? Ruler is in mm Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Alright so here's a summary of your guesses: Tiger: yes Hemipristis: yes Lemon: yes Dusky: not necessarily as these can also be Bull. Technically they are considered to be in the Requiem category (Carcharhiniformes order) but what you have appears to be Bronze Whaler. These teeth are more difficult to identify because most Requiem teeth (minus Tiger) are similar. The last four appear to all be Hammerhead. Here is a detailed guide of Miocene teeth from Calvert Cliffs: http://www.fossilguy.com/sites/calvert/calv_srk.htm 1 Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limestone Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 Thank you for your reply, I will check out the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattbsharks Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I definitely agree. Those dusky looked a lot like bull shark teeth to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Tiger - yes Hemipristis - yes Lemon - the middle tooth and the bottom right tooth, the others are lower Carcharhinus teeth (the upper center and the lower left are lower bull shark teeth) Dusky - the upper left and middle, the lower middle is a bull, the others I can't positively id from the picture Unnamed - 4 Caribbean reef shark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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