Darktooth Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I figured that while we are on a show me your sharkteeth kick, why not show some of our specail sandtiger teeth The poor sandtiger hardly gets any press, but they can still be a nice addition to any collection. Here is my absolute favorite. It is another Brownies beach special. When I found it in the surf it was a dark black/grey color. But when it dried out I got a blue/tan mottled blade with a brown root. Also the root is kind of oversized for the blade. It has some wicked cusps as well. 2 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoppeHunting Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I agree that those poor Sand Tigers don't get enough time in the spotlight. Now it's their time to shine! Here's one of the best from my collection so far. My dad found it dry sifting the high tide line at Stratford Hall. It's in such good condition that it almost seems like it's a replica rather than an actual fossil! He's only been hunting with me on a couple of outings and this is most definitely his best find. Enjoy! 3 The Hunt for the Hemipristine continues! ~Hoppe hunting!~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Mine are shy of the 1 1/2 inch mark, the left being from Brownies and the right being from Douglas point. I bet there is someone who heads out and says to themselves “Man, if I can find myself an epic Sand Tiger tooth, I’ll be over the moon” not something I actively search for but something I welcome whole-heartedly . ill exclude my Moroccan ones because I feel like that’s cheating 3 “...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...
Anomotodon Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 My favourites are three intermediates from Striatolamia (possibly also Hypotodus) from Kyiv suite, Lutetian, Ukraine 3 The Tooth Fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Here's an Odontaspis aculeatus from the Maastrichtian Peedee Formation. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Odontaspis winkleri. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Al Dente said: Here's an Odontaspis aculeatus from the Maastrichtian Peedee Formation. Now that's a wicked looking tooth! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Another Odontaspis aculeatus from the Peedee Formation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoppeHunting Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 Might as well throw in the Odontaspis reticulata from the Hop 5 of one of my Brownie's beach trips as well. Some nice cusplets and a crazy curve makes it my favorite Smalltooth Sand Tiger tooth so far. 1 The Hunt for the Hemipristine continues! ~Hoppe hunting!~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 Nice, I like how that tooth curves. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Let’s see if we can help this thread get jump started. I love Odontaspis teeth and we are fortunate to have a small collection that includes some pretty wicked teeth. Odontaspis ferox Miocene/Pliocene Bahia Inglesa Copiapo Chile 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Interesting Oligocene specimen. This is also our largest Odontaspis. Our only tooth from this particular KZ formation too. Odontaspis Oligocene Kujulus Formation Ungoza Kazakhstan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Among my favorite Sand Tigers in our collection are these. The largest one was collected by my son. Carcharias sp Cretaceous Chico Formation Butte County California 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 On 2/28/2018 at 3:47 AM, Al Dente said: Here's an Odontaspis aculeatus from the Maastrichtian Peedee Formation. Stunning tooth. Perfect !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Carcharias taurus Pliocene-Miocene Bone Valley, Venice, FL 3 "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Eostriatolamia holmdelensis from the Cretaceous Blufftown Formation of Western Georgia. At 1.1 cm this is a pretty big one. My biggest Carcharias is this 1 1/2 inch tooth from the Sandersville Limestone Member of the Tobacco Road Sands Formation (Late Eocene) in Washington County, Georgia. From the same site as the big one this lateral Carcharias is my favorite colored one. It's difficult to show in the pictures but the transition colors are amazing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 I had forgotten about this thread. Nice to see it revived. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Here is a nifty Sand Tiger. After quite a bit of research and putting this in an ID thread here some time ago, I settled on the ID as Odontaspis. Odontaspis sp Cretaceous Unknown Formation Tambov Region Russia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Last one from me for now. Don’t want to hog the post but this is a fun one. The only known planktivorous Sand Tiger. Pseudomegachasma Cretaceous Melovatka Formation Saratov Region Russia I sent pictures to Dr. Shimada and he thought the ID is most likely correct but I still need to send additional pictures to confirm it but I feel pretty good with the ID. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Untitled Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Araloselachus vorax symphyseal Neogene Antwerp, Belgium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixpaleosky Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Carcharias sp Miocene Bouches du Rhone, France 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bails Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Found this guy today! Just under 1.5 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Hi Kurt, You didn't give the size of your Ungoza, Kazakhstan tooth. @fossilsonwheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 6 minutes ago, siteseer said: Hi Kurt, You didn't give the size of your Ungoza, Kazakhstan tooth. @fossilsonwheels Hi Jess 23mm. One of the Chilean teeth is right around 23mm too. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Here's an oddball tooth. It's an Odontaspis ferox from the early-middle Miocene of Bakersfield but it's from a formation that's a few million years older than the Round Mountain Silt. It's from the Olcese Sand out of a thin shelly layer. The mix of shark teeth you find in it is different from what you get in the STH Bonebed and so are the colors ranging from sort of a cola brown to black along with some sky-blue though many teeth are weathered/somewhat bleached out. Isurus desori, Carcharhinus, and myliobatid teeth are the most common ones you'll find and I've found at least a partial Echinorhinus every time I dug there. The rarer teeth are Carcharocles (chubutensis/early megalodon), Cetorhinus and Odontaspis. One of the times I dug there, another guy found a beautiful and complete sky-blue Carcharocles around 3-inches long with is a bid one for the layer. You can screen the matrix for Squalus, Sphyrna, Cetorhinus, and ray teeth This O. ferox is about 1 9/16 inches high and unusually complete. It's the largest one I've seen from there. Jess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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