meg.cu Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Hi, I have this Megalodon tooth from Cuba and the shape is a little different than I've ever seen. It's a lower tooth at 5.24", can anyone give me insight on the shape of this tooth. "Message me for info on Fossil Collecting in Cuba. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I think it is an anterior tooth (front of jaw). Nice tooth. 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...
doushantuo Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Looks superficially a bit like Carcharocles** subauriculatus*,but the sharks experts will kill me for that remark . Don't know the size limits for the dentition of that species,though. *I'm not exactly renowned for shark tooth determinations **(Otodus?fide Diedrich,2013) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Hmm, if the shape bothers you that much, you can always send it to me. Out of sight, out of mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 7 hours ago, doushantuo said: Looks superficially a bit like Carcharocles** subauriculatus*,but the sharks experts will kill me for that remark . Don't know the size limits for the dentition of that species,though. *I'm not exactly renowned for shark tooth determinations **(Otodus?fide Diedrich,2013) Subauriculatus is a shifty species, but I do agree it’s a ancestor of the meg, maybe chubutensis. With the chronos it’s hard to get an exact label. “...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...
meg.cu Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Isn't this tooth to big to be chubutensis, it 5.24" "Message me for info on Fossil Collecting in Cuba. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 5 hours ago, meg.cu said: Isn't this tooth to big to be chubutensis, it measures around the 5.5" mark? Either way, it is an absolutely gorgeous specimen. DAAAYYYUUUUMMM!!!!! @Fossil-Hound Too bad they don't have these in Utah. Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil-Hound Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 54 minutes ago, SailingAlongToo said: Either way, it is an absolutely gorgeous specimen. DAAAYYYUUUUMMM!!!!! @Fossil-Hound Too bad they don't have these in Utah. @SailingAlongToo I know right! That is one gorgeous tooth and makes me want to fly out to VA/Carolinas for some Meg hunting! My mother just asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I was torn between a prime Ecphora and a 3.5 inch Meg. I'm going with the 3.5 inch Meg so I can finish an evolutionary plaque. I only need a Meg and an Auriculatus to complete the display! Have a O. obliquus, C. angustiden, and C. chubutensis. I have another $50 from my grandmother so I'll probably use that for the C. auriculatus and complete the plaque! Christmas going to be so good this year! Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I would like to see what the shark tooth experts have to say.... @MarcoSr, @siteseer, @sixgill pete, @Al Dente ? 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...
meg.cu Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Thank you @ynot for summoning the experts. "Message me for info on Fossil Collecting in Cuba. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I agree with @ynot that the tooth is likely a lower anterior, possibly the center most tooth on the left or right side of the lower jaw. I do not agree that the tooth might be C. subauriculatus or C. chubutensis. I am confident that it is C. megalodon. 5 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...
meg.cu Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Thanks @sixgill pete for your expert advice, much appreciated. "Message me for info on Fossil Collecting in Cuba. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Truthfully I'm not seeing anything unusual about the shape of this meg. Meg teeth sometimes because of jaw crowding are a little mesiodistally compressed. Agree that the tooth is a lower anterior tooth. Sometimes big megs have a ruffled/wavy bulge in the crown by the root that might look like a cusplet. This could be caused by mesiodistal tooth compression (If the tooth was just a little wider it wouldn't have this feature.). See the 5.63 " meg from Virginia below: Marco Sr. 3 "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...
fossilselachian Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I see only a very nice example of C. megalodon from a great location. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 On 12/15/2017 at 6:53 PM, sixgill pete said: I agree with @ynot that the tooth is likely a lower anterior, possibly the center most tooth on the left or right side of the lower jaw. I do not agree that the tooth might be C. subauriculatus or C. chubutensis. I am confident that it is C. megalodon. Yes, I agree. It looks like either a first or second lower anterior of C. megalodon. Maybe what makes it look weird is that the root is a little abraded on the lobes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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