Greg.Wood Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 First off, I apologize for the poor image quality... The pictures were taken quickly with my phone camera through a microscope. If anyone is interested I'll get out a proper camera later and try again. I found this while searching some Widder formation matrix collected in Arkona ontario. It is roughly 1 mm across. I am fairly certain the tooth belonged to a Xenacanth. Has anyone found these in the area before or did it migrate from somewhere else? Note: the tooth is smooth. The serrated look is caused by pixels in #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 VERY interesting!!! It certainly does look like a Xenacanthus/Orthocanthus type tooth but I've never heard of any coming from the area. That doesn't mean they aren't there, and at 1mm it would be very easy to overlook. Leonodus is one of the earliest sharks known from fossilized teeth, and they are similar to the Xenacanths (known from the late devonian-triassic). Something else to look for now. There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Looks like it could be similar to Omalodus grabaui. Others have found them there. LINK And another LINK 2 Neat find - Congratulations. Not many can say they've found Devonian shark teeth! Regards, 1 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...
Miocene_Mason Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 That’s an awesome find! Nice job “...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...
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