KansasFossilFinder Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 I think this is a megalodon fragment, but I'd like to get confirmation because I'm new to shark teeth fossils and not very knowledgeable. It was found in North Topsail Beach, NC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bguild Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Looks like part of a Megalodon tooth to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Looks meg to Me too. 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 August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Yep. Fragoladon. 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 August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Could be angustidens. A lot of Oligocene fossils on Topsail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinosaurus Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 it looks like a meg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajnthony Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Can you include a ruler for sizing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajnthony Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Here is a meg that has broken in a similar fashion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 4 hours ago, Al Dente said: Could be angustidens. A lot of Oligocene fossils on Topsail. Like Al Dente said, coming from North Topsail Beach (or anywhere on the Island) it could very well be a frag of an O. angustidens. Without having the complete tooth you cannot tell for sure whether it is O. megalodon or angustidens. Both can be found there. It would be best to I.D. this one as O. indet Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 @Al Dente and @sixgill pete are on the money in my opinion. With the roots broken in this fashion you can't be sure if it is a Carcharocles megalodon or one if it's ancestors, C. chubutensis or C. angustidens. @sixgill pete uses O. angustidens to represent Otodus angustidens as since these are thought to be descendants of Otodus obliquus, then they could be the same genus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 euh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 2016 pisceselachondrichthyelasmotodtaxoreview1).pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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