daves64 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 I just bought 3 shark teeth from the gift shop in our local museum earlier today. No idea where they're from or if they're even fossils. But for $2.16 US each, not really a major issue if they aren't fossils. Tooth 1 is 1.5 inches long x 1.25 inches wide, tooth 2 is 1.75 inches long x 1.5 inches wide & tooth 3 is 1.5 inches long x just shy of 1.5 inches wide. Tooth 2 has a few hairs stuck to the back of the root area, so I guess we could maybe get DNA if they're fake. Each has both front & back views. Looks like you can see part way through the enamel of tooth 1. Go easy on me if I got ripped off for $6.48 Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 These are Moroccan shark teeth. The first 2 are patched together from pieces. The last one looks like a whole piece (not patched together). Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Let me add from the species Otodus obliquus most likely from Khouribga, Morocco. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves64 Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 So not too bad for less than $7.00? Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, daves64 said: So not too bad for less than $7.00? If it makes You happy is all that matters. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves64 Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 Well, no shipping charges, no customs & part of it does go to support the museum, so yeah.. I'm happy. The other item I bought though.. that remains to be seen. Working on the pics now. Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daves64 Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 So what I'm finding on this shark is a 60 million year old mackerel shark that was apparently the grandfather of the Meg? Or did I find bad info? Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 3 hours ago, daves64 said: So what I'm finding on this shark is a 60 million year old mackerel shark that was apparently the grandfather of the Meg? Or did I find bad info? If you adhere to the majority of the scientific community, mostly yes! They lived late Cretaceous to Eocene (though I’ve heard reports of younger) and probably evolved in a series of short-lived similar-looking chronospecies into Carcharocles megalodon Which some scientists are calling Otodus megalodon now. They come en masse from Moroccan deposits because of how heavily searched they are but are present many places. Cool teeth, and they can get pretty big. “...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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