ThePrehistoricMaster Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Hi, I need ID help with six shark teeth found in Morocco. I'm thinking the two in the middle are Otodus, but I'm no expert. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Otodus Obliquus and i think Sand Tiger Shark But still good finds! Bravo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Yes Otodus obliquus and i think far right Striatolamia sp ? 4 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 I believe the 3 and 4 tooth are Cretolamna the 5th tooth possibly a Striatolamia striata, last one a Carcharias possibly vincenti Cool reference list for moroccan teeth http://users.telenet.be/sharkteethcollection/sharkteeth list totaal/totaal sharteeth list.htm 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Some of them might be Cretolamna biauriculata. 1 " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Troodon said: I believe the 3 and 4 tooth are Cretolamna the 5th tooth possibly a Striatolamia striata, last one a Carcharias possibly vincenti Cool reference list for moroccan teeth http://users.telenet.be/sharkteethcollection/sharkteeth list totaal/totaal sharteeth list.htm That’s a lot easier to use than Agassiz! Also, I like the Holiday icon “...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...
MarcoSr Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 The teeth with the well developed nutrient groves are from sand tiger sharks. There are a number of genera/species of sand tigers present in Morocco and it is very difficult to id them from pictures and with no time period data. Marco Sr. 5 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePrehistoricMaster Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Thank you for all the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 24 minutes ago, ThePrehistoricMaster said: Thank you for all the info! Lots of information on Moroccan shark teeth in this thread: 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomotodon Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 I think first two on the left are O. obliquus (first one is pathological), next one is Jaeckelotodus robustus with worn cusplets, the next one is Brachycarcharias lerichei , next two are Carchaias spp. lateral and anterior respectively. The problem is that sharks from morocco Eocene are very poorly described, especially sandsharks. Most of the taxa used by sellers are invalid, so the most correct way of calling sandshark teeth like the last two ones from there is Carcharias sp. (although if Eocene teeth can actually be referred to a modern genus Carcharias is another debatable question...) or Odontaspididae indet. 1 The Tooth Fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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