Giraffe Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 plz identify tooth thank you for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Welcome to TFF! It is a shark tooth. Location of the find or age of the formation would help to narrow it down. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Looks like a modern shark tooth. Where was it found? (State, county, city) 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 it was found at juno beach florida at loggerhead beach . i don't know the age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runner64 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Yeah I agree that it looks like a modern shark tooth. Modern shark teeth haven't aged yet and ,because of this, they are white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 i found this at a beach called loggerhead beach located in juno beach fl. I would like to know what shark the tooth came from plz and thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 57 minutes ago, Giraffe said: i found this at a beach called loggerhead beach located in juno beach fl. I would like to know what shark the tooth came from plz and thanks! I've merged your topics - only one is necessary. Give it some time, ... some shark tooth folks should be along soon. @sixgill pete @Al Dente @PaleoRon @MarcoSr Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 It is difficult to identify partial teeth. I think the blade of your tooth is a good match for Sphyrna mokarran, the Great Hammerhead. Your tooth has a notch that is absent in most tooth positions of S. mokarran but sometimes the lateral teeth will have the notch. My second guess would be some type of Carcharhinus. Carcharhinus perezii, the Caribbean Reef Shark looks like a fair fit for this tooth. Here is a jaw of the Great Hammerhead from the elasmo website. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Thank you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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