uncoat Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Hey all, im posting this in hopes some of you shark folks may be able to help me out. I have a shark tooth in a concretion from the west coast. I have decided im going to prep this one myself and leave a backing of matrix on the ventral side of the tooth. So my question is, is it possible to tell the ventral/dorsal from what little is exposed already. This is probably a carcharodon sp. tooth but i really wont be sure until i am able to prep it. I have compared this tooth to some megs and white shark teeth i have in my collection and im kind of leaning in one direction already but i really don't know that much about shark teeth so i would be interested to hear other opinions. I took some photos and added A and B as to distinguish the sides. Any ideas or advice is much appreciated. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AnThOnY- Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Last picture looks 'ventral' to me, so my opinion is to prep from side B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 20 minutes ago, -AnThOnY- said: Last picture looks ventral to me, so my opinion is to prep from side B Do you mean labial, or lingual? Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncoat Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Do you mean labial, or lingual? Interesting, so when referring to teeth one would use Labial/Lingual rather then Ventral/Dorsal? Great to know thanks Fossildude19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Ventral/Dorsal means bottom/top for most critters (I guess we are an exception due to our upright posture). What does "ventral side" of a shark tooth mean? Labial/Lingual means towards the lips/towards the tongue, which is the usual way of describing the faces of a tooth. Don 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncoat Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 35 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: Ventral/Dorsal means bottom/top for most critters (I guess we are an exception due to our upright posture). What does "ventral side" of a shark tooth mean? Labial/Lingual means towards the lips/towards the tongue, which is the usual way of describing the faces of a tooth. Don Yeah when i was writing this i was thinking of a tooth laying on a table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBMugu Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I think I would try to prep side "B". Please let us know hoe it comes out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Wow! Very cool find! Only wish I found it and could prep it. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncoat Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 On 2/1/2018 at 2:52 PM, RJB said: Wow! Very cool find! Only wish I found it and could prep it. RB Thanks RJB, I'm excited to prep it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I'd guess that A is the lingual side, but that's only an uneducated guess I would start the prep on side A since that appears to be the side which is easiest to approach. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 What Ludwigia said. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 On 2/2/2018 at 5:55 PM, uncoat said: Thanks RJB, I'm excited to prep it. Be careful. Remember that the root is more fragile than the crown. I have a Carcharodon carcharias from the Pliocene of Florida that had a coral grow around it. The tip was sticking out but either the person who found it or someone a deal or two later decided to expose the crown on the labial side. The crown looks nice but the root was cut into. The prepper didn't see where the root ended and the coral began. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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