Peat Burns Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Is this a white shark tooth or a small meg? Scale in cm/mm (Peace River, Florida) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I think it is a meg, or one of its close relatives. White sharks do not have a bourlette. 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...
Macrophyseter Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I've never seen a great white with a bourlette that big before. Plus, it kinda appears that the tooth seems to be more 3dish and robust, which is a megalodon trait, and I'm more used to great white teeth being flatter than this. I think the root seems to be more heart-like than triangular. My only problem here is that the serrations are huge, just like great white serrations. But based on the other traits, I think it's a meg. Nice find btw ynot, you ninja'ed me again! 1 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...
jcbshark Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I’d say that’s a meg nice color on it too Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Agree that this is a Meg with normal shape, size for the Peace River. However the color makes me think "Bone Valley" land find rather than out of the Peace River itself. The Peace River is a "black water" river darkened by all the foliage that drops in it creating tannic acid that stains the fossils dark brown or black. This is what I think of as a "typical" nice Peace River Meg. Dark colors and smooth surfaces caused by water erosion. A small % of Megs from the Peace River are more colorful and not as smooth because they have spent the eons packed in clay or mud. Yours might be one of those. In any case, congratulations on a nice Meg with great color. Shellseeker 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I agree with everyone else, bourlette=meg (or close relative) “...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...
Fossil-Hound Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Definitely a Megalodon and not a Chubutensis or Great White. The root is broader than a Great White and there are no cusps on either side. Excellent acquisition @Peat Burns Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 @ynot, @Macrophyseter, @jcbshark, @WhodamanHD, @Fossil-Hound, Thank you for the help. Much appreciated. This doesn't appear to be a posterior. Do you think this is a juvenile shark? @Shellseeker, you caught me in an error. I re-checked the label, and this one actually came from a shell pit in Punta Gorda, so you are right - land find. One of these days, I am going to have to learn my sharks teeth. I know the easy ones like Hemipristis, lemon shark, and tiger, etc., but I need to gain a deeper knowledge. I have purchased all the books, I just need to sit down with my currently uncurated collection and start working one of these days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 37 minutes ago, Peat Burns said: @ynot, @Macrophyseter, @jcbshark, @WhodamanHD, @Fossil-Hound, Thank you for the help. Much appreciated. This doesn't appear to be a posterior. Do you think this is a juvenile shark? @Shellseeker, you caught me in an error. I re-checked the label, and this one actually came from a shell pit in Punta Gorda, so you are right - land find. One of these days, I am going to have to learn my sharks teeth. I know the easy ones like Hemipristis, lemon shark, and tiger, etc., but I need to gain a deeper knowledge. I have purchased all the books, I just need to sit down with my currently uncurated collection and start working one of these days... Now that's a collection! Very nice Peace River specimens. Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattbsharks Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I would guess it is juvenile. Definitely a megalodon tooth! Cool collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Peat Burns said: @Shellseeker, you caught me in an error. I re-checked the label, and this one actually came from a shell pit in Punta Gorda, so you are right - land find. Not my intention. I would love, in addition to these great black ones, to find colorful Megs coming directly out of the Peace River. There have been some, but relatively rare. Also, wish I knew those land locations in Punta Gorda, but then I would have to choose where to hunt... So many teeth, so little time The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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