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Went to brownies today, miocene, and I’ll have the haul until here later this week but I would like to know what species this sand tiger is. It’s purty big for a sand tiger, like an inch and a half. It’s got two cusps on either side, they seem to curve inward. I saved up for Kent’s book on fossil identification so I’ll have that by the 28th.

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Happy hunting,

Mason

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Mason

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Can't help on the ID, but that's a nice looking tooth, as well as being of a very decent size! :meg::dinothumb:

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Beautiful tooth ya got there kid!

Wish I was in an area you don't have to dig 3 feet through sandstone to get to the goodies.

 

 

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17 minutes ago, Plax said:

Bretton Kent's book back in print?

Nope but good will has an eBay page:D

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19 minutes ago, Kane said:

Can't help on the ID, but that's a nice looking tooth, as well as being of a very decent size! :meg::dinothumb:

Thanks! When I saw it rolling in the surf I just about fell on it!

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5 minutes ago, caldigger said:

Beautiful tooth ya got there kid!

Wish I was in an area you don't have to dig 3 feet through sandstone to get to the goodies.

Thanks! I’ll be doing the same sort of thing soon, I’m gonna start heading to the Carboniferous of MD soon hopefully. Not as easy but rewarding if your lucky!

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Very pretty,  Great root , excellent colors, multiple cusps.... Length? I had a Sand Tiger up about a month ago and was asking your question... How to differentiate between Sand Tiger lookalikes... I will be waiting for any clues...:popcorn:

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2 minutes ago, Shellseeker said:

. Length?

 

45 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said:

It’s purty big for a sand tiger, like an inch and a half.

A scale in the picture would be better.:D

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1 minute ago, ynot said:

 

A scale in the picture would be better.:D

Once I get home I’ll see, next to a ruler. Next thing in my to buy list is some digital calipers.

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Mason

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6 minutes ago, Shellseeker said:

Very pretty,  Great root , excellent colors, multiple cusps.... Length? I had a Sand Tiger up about a month ago and was asking your question... How to differentiate between Sand Tiger lookalikes... I will be waiting for any clues...:popcorn:

Thanks! I hope we can get some definitive answers. My mind seems to get hooked o. To a different pattern every time I go hunting, this time it was sand tigers.

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Mason

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1 hour ago, WhodamanHD said:

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Oh my God that sand tiger is pristine! Really nice! :meg:

 

As far as species to species ID, I'm still learning. 

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Can you get us a side view of the tooth without your hand in the way. Brownies Beach is ?Miocene, correct.

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2 hours ago, caldigger said:

I wish you a wealth of finds. Please give us pics of the trip when you go.

Thanks, I certainly will!

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40 minutes ago, sixgill pete said:

Can you get us a side view of the tooth without your hand in the way. Brownies Beach is ?Miocene, correct.

Sure, I’ll try tomorrow. Yes, early to mid miocene.

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1 hour ago, MeargleSchmeargl said:

Oh my God that sand tiger is pristine! Really nice! :meg:

 

As far as species to species ID, I'm still learning. 

Yeah, I’m surprised it made it this well myself.

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47 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said:

Sure, I’ll try tomorrow. Yes, early to mid miocene.

Thanks. This tooth reminds of a sand tiger found in the Pungo River Formation at Lee Creek. It is labeled as Carcharias sp. on Elasmo.com

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4 hours ago, sixgill pete said:

Thanks. This tooth reminds of a sand tiger found in the Pungo River Formation at Lee Creek. It is labeled as Carcharias sp. on Elasmo.com

 

Hi Don,

 

Elasmo was tentative on ID's and rightly so given the differing opinions it reported from researchers especially for Miocene teeth.  If you follow Kent and his Chesapeake sharks book I think you go with Carcharias cuspidata.  That would also be how the average collector 30 years ago would have identified it, I think.  Luckily, it's a large tooth with an apparetnly smooth, broad-based crown which separates it from Carcharias acutissima (generally smaller with at least a weakly-striated, narrower-based crown. 

 

When experts look at modern dentitions of any shark species, they see at least pretty good variation in tooth shape per jaw position, so they wonder how fossil teeth can be confidently named to species in many cases especially for something like this tooth with which you have maybe three species to choose from, each having its incompletely-understood range of variation which some say overlap.  I don't think anyone would say this tooth is C. accutissima but they might go with Carcharias sp. as you suggested and that might be the name to go with today..

 

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