‘Coy Boy Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Hello folks. I bought this tooth about 10 years ago from a seller in Georgia. He had no clue as to what shark it came from. I just recently made a necklace out of it and felt like I should know what species it’s from. It also appears to be very old. Anyone have a clue? Very much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Welcome to the forum! It looks like a broad-tooth mako tooth (Cosmopolitodus/Carcharodon hastalis, it is actually more related to great whites than makos despite its common name). The necklace is also quite lovely. Nice buy! 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Welcome to the forum! I agree with hastilis, and it is very old indeed, a few million years most likely. 1 “...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...
‘Coy Boy Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 (edited) Thank you! That was one of my assumptions from scouring the net. I know the color is due to sediment, but at a glance, what do you think the age of the fossil is, roughly? Just read your reply Whodaman. Thank you so much! Edited October 21, 2017 by ‘Coy Boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 I'm guessing that the seller from Georgia probably found it there. C. hatalis existed from the Eocene right to the Pleistocene Ice Age, but around the Miocene was its "Golden Age", and teeth outside this period are rare. Based on the assumed location, I think that the tooth is from the Miocene. 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 1 minute ago, Macrophyseter said: I'm guessing that the seller from Georgia probably found it there. C. hatalis existed from the Eocene right to the Pleistocene Ice Age, but around the Miocene was its "Golden Age", and teeth outside this period are rare. Based on the assumed location, I think that the tooth is from the Miocene. Was I'm thought as well, I just like to be general when I know there are other possibilities. 1 “...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...
sixgill pete Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Macrophyseter said: I'm guessing that the seller from Georgia probably found it there. C. hatalis existed from the Eocene right to the Pleistocene Ice Age, but around the Miocene was its "Golden Age", and teeth outside this period are rare. Based on the assumed location, I think that the tooth is from the Miocene. C. hastalis was a Miocene / early Pliocene species. Not Eocene or Pleistocene. 3 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...
Macrophyseter Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 1 hour ago, sixgill pete said: C. hastalis was a Miocene / early Pliocene species. Not Eocene or Pleistocene. Alight. 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...
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