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Cretaceous Shark tooth ID


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Found this tooth in N. Texas. 8mm in length. Eagle ford, upper Cretaceous.

My guess would be small Archeolamna but unsure. Thanks for any help.

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Hm. As far as I know, Eagle Ford is a Cretaceous formation, usually Turonian and earlier? (May be wrong on the specific age).

I think that the tooth could be from a lower posterolateral Scapanorhynchus goblin shark, maybe texanus? Great tooth btw :dinothumb:

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Looks like Archaeolamna kopingensis to me. Cusps are wrong for Scapanorhynchus.

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2 hours ago, Macrophyseter said:

Hm. As far as I know, Eagle Ford is a Cretaceous formation, usually Turonian and earlier? (May be wrong on the specific age).

I think that the tooth could be from a lower posterolateral Scapanorhynchus goblin shark, maybe texanus? Great tooth btw :dinothumb:

Thanks. No real nutrient grove and no striations plus the cusps are too large for S. Texanus. 

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On 10/22/2017 at 3:58 PM, sixgill pete said:

Looks like Archaeolamna kopingensis to me. Cusps are wrong for Scapanorhynchus.

Think you are right.

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