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Quite honestly, not even half a tooth there. However from the look of the serrations and the piece of tooth, I would call this an extremely water worn and broken O. megalodon. 

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4 minutes ago, sixgill pete said:

Quite honestly, not even half a tooth there. However from the look of the serrations and the piece of tooth, I would call this an extremely water worn and broken O. megalodon. 

Thanks man! A bit of a tooth is better than none I suppose, haha. :)

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1 hour ago, sixgill pete said:

Quite honestly, not even half a tooth there. However from the look of the serrations and the piece of tooth, I would call this an extremely water worn and broken O. megalodon. 

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3 hours ago, sixgill pete said:

O. megalodon

I’ll never get used to that...

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Chunky shark.

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Looking at the serrations, I have a feeling that I should agree that this is a meg. You can see that the serrations are quite fine and quite crowded. I'm used to a great white's serrations being sharper, more spread out, and inconsistent in each serration's size (said it wrong?).

 

4 hours ago, WhodamanHD said:
7 hours ago, sixgill pete said:

O. megalodon

I’ll never get used to that...

Same here. Even though it's likely that the genus Carcharocles may be discarded, I really want to keep it as Carcharocles megalodon

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17 minutes ago, Macrophyseter said:

Even though it's likely that the genus Carcharocles may be discarded, I really want to keep it as Carcharocles megalodon

I had no idea this was under debate! I had heard about the Carcharodon vs. Carcharocles  debate and talks over whether or not the modern Great White is a descendant, but this is crazy! I'm with you on this one; I really don't want it to be discarded. If it happens, however, it would be for good reason. The world of science is always changing

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8 minutes ago, HoppeFossilHunting said:

I had no idea this was under debate! I had heard about the Carcharodon vs. Carcharocles  debate and talks over whether or not the modern Great White is a descendant, but this is crazy! I'm with you on this one; I really don't want it to be discarded. If it happens, however, it would be for good reason. The world of science is always changing

I think there should be little doubt Carcharocles (or Otodus) is not the GWs predecessor. The other thing is a lumper/splitter debate (how many slices can you get out of a loaf of bread). Going on how modern sharks have been classified, Otodus may win out (bad name though, “ear tooth”). But as you say, these things are fluid, change could be a’coming but currently it’s O. megalodon (as much as it pains me to say it)

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Whether it's half a tooth or not, nice find there. I wish I could find megs. 

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