britishcanuk Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I have this planus tooth with a bonus tooth stuck in the root matrix. Was wondering if anyone could ID the smaller tooth? thanks! R~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 What the... If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Irregularity in the order of succession ? Hey pal ! Wait your turn ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Thats a really cool find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 No idea what the ID would be, seems either it eat a dead Mako or the Mako ate it! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 14 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: No idea what the ID would be, seems either it eat a dead Mako or the Mako ate it! Wouldn't there have to be more obvious disruption to the texture of what sure seems like the actual root to me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 It's just stuck in the matrix that still clings to the root. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 It looks like a Carcharhinus tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 8 hours ago, Rockwood said: Wouldn't there have to be more obvious disruption to the texture of what sure seems like the actual root to me ? 6 hours ago, caldigger said: It's just stuck in the matrix that still clings to the root. Silly me always going for the fanciful answer... still a nice find though! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 7 hours ago, caldigger said: It's just stuck in the matrix that still clings to the root. Hope you don't mind me saying, you have strange matrix out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 2 hours ago, Rockwood said: Hope you don't mind me saying, you have strange matrix out there. How so? It's just hard compacted sand/ silt with a little gypsum added to the mix to really harden some areas. I have a whale vert with several small fossils still imbedded in the hard matrix crust. Understand, this location isn't washed by river or ocean action. The fossils are dug out of a hillside that hasn't seen water in quite a few million years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 On the east coast I don't think you could even find a direct flight between white sand and gypsum. I've never even seen a photo of anything remotely like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I think the small tooth is a Carcharhinus cf limbatus (VALENCIENNES, 1839) Blacktip shark I like the dual tooth pieces that can be collected at STH. Yours is a nice one. 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...
britishcanuk Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 A cleaned a bit of the matrix off the smaller tooth to reveal a bit more of it. Thanks for your comments and thoughts. Carcharhinus looks pretty good formthis tooth. I will look closer at limbatus ynot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Looks good. You may want to add a little consolidant to the matrix around the small tooth to keep it in place. I used super glue on Mine. 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...
britishcanuk Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 16 hours ago, ynot said: Looks good. You may want to add a little consolidant to the matrix around the small tooth to keep it in place. I used super glue on Mine. Good idea, I will do that! cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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