belemniten Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 ,Last week I enjoyed my holidays in the Netherlands. The weather was not too bad and sometimes even sunny ! I also visited many locations where I searched for fossils. For example I was in Antwerp, in Nieuwvliet and also at the "Zwarte Polder". Beside those locations I collected some nice shark teeth at the beaches near Cadzand. The fossils come mainly from the Miocene, Pliocene until the Pleistocene. I want to show you my finds from the last day which was the most successful hunting day there ! I spent almost the whole day at a beach near Cadzand and found some beautiful and big shark teeth ! Here is a picture of the beach: Can you find the tooth? Some of the bigger ones: A nice 4 cm long Isurus Oxynchus(?): Unknow tooth with a nice root: (3 cm long) This specimen is a bit worn ... And the find of the day !! My biggest tooth until now Its about 4.6 cm long and it should be a Isurus escheri or? I will post some more pictures in the next days ! Hope you enjoyed the pictures Link to post Share on other sites
WhodamanHD Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Nice haul! I believe escheri has serrations, so its some other mackerel shark ( I'm not great with shark teeth but maybe carcharodon hastilis?) Link to post Share on other sites
belemniten Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 9 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: Nice haul! I believe escheri has serrations, so its some other mackerel shark ( I'm not great with shark teeth but maybe carcharodon hastilis?) Thanks @WhodamanHD ! As you recognized I am also not familiar with shark teeth Is it possible that the tooth is so worn that you cant see the serrations? Another possibility would be Cosmopolitodus hastalis ... this specimen looks similar: http://www.steinkern.de/steinkern-de-galerie/cadzand-bad/cosmopolitodus-hastalis-12019.html Thanks for your help ! Link to post Share on other sites
nala Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Very nice report,great finds,congrats! Link to post Share on other sites
Coco Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I am OK with Cosmopolitodus hastalis. Coco Link to post Share on other sites
belemniten Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 10 hours ago, nala said: Very nice report,great finds,congrats! Thanks Great that you like them ! 10 hours ago, Coco said: I am OK with Cosmopolitodus hastalis. Coco Thanks for the endorsement ! Link to post Share on other sites
JohnBrewer Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 22 hours ago, belemniten said: Can you find the tooth? Errr, no! Nice selection of teeth Sebastian. Always nice to go on holiday and explore a new site. Link to post Share on other sites
belemniten Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 13 hours ago, JohnBrewer said: Nice selection of teeth Sebastian. Always nice to go on holiday and explore a new site. Thanks John 13 hours ago, JohnBrewer said: Errr, no! Here is it: Thats another 3 cm long tooth (or tip): 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now