_scribbl3 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I found this tooth at point a dam, is it a baby meg? I really can’t tell.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Welcome to the forum! If it possible for a bit brighter picture and tell us where exactly you found it? Imo, it looks like a white shark tooth Carcharodon hastalis based on how it looks on the given pictures. If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_scribbl3 Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Thank you for responding! Is this picture better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Welcome to the Forum. I took the liberty of brightening, enlarging, and cropping your photos. 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...
_scribbl3 Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I still think this might be a Carcharodon hastalis. Can you also state exactly where you found this and it also possible for a picture of the side profile? 1 If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_scribbl3 Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 I found it at point a dam, andalucia alabama. Here’s a side profile- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Looking C. hastalis to me, though considering the amount of wear it could’ve been C. carcharias. I am not familiar with the site so I don’t know if both are present or if one is more common. 1 “...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...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 28 minutes ago, WhodamanHD said: Looking C. hastalis to me, though considering the amount of wear it could’ve been C. carcharias. I am not familiar with the site so I don’t know if both are present or if one is more common. 2 hours ago, _scribbl3 said: I found this tooth at point a dam, is it a baby meg? I really can’t tell.. Hi there, these exposures at this location are much older .... Point A Dam in Andalusia Alabama is an Eocene bone bed exposure of the Lower Lisbon formation .... ie. Think worn Carcharocles auriculatus, if anything in that vein. A great, great, great (?) grandfather to the meg. Cheers, Brett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 8 minutes ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: Hi there, these exposures at this location are much older .... Point A Dam in Andalusia Alabama is an Eocene bone bed exposure of the Lower Lisbon formation .... Cheers, Brett Well shucks. Could have sworn it was a C. hastalis. Could be Xiphodolamia ensis? “...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...
MarcoSr Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Might be a Macrorhizodus praecursor which are found at " point a dam, andalucia, alabama " but it is really hard to say for sure with the damage to the tooth. Marco Sr. 3 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 hour ago, _scribbl3 said: andalucia alabama Ah, because that area is Eocene like Brett said, it cannot be C. hastalis although it very much looked it one. 1 hour ago, _scribbl3 said: Here’s a side profile- Can you take a picture of it at the straight side? I would like to check for protuberance, but I need a straight side profile. I have doubts that it could be an auriculatus or Xiphodolamia ensis. There seems to be not much of a protuberance on the lingual side of the root, which I think every auriculatus teeth has. Also there is no bourlette (although I think some auriculatus teeth may lack, but I'm not sure) and the root seems too boxy. Might be simply missing some examples, but I've never seen a Xiphodolamia ensis tooth perpendicular and symmetrical (not slanted) and the root of the tooth in question seems to be too small compared to Xiphodolamia ensis. I agree with my fellow ninja-poster Marco S. that this could be an upper praecursor tooth. If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 10 minutes ago, Macrophyseter said: I've never seen a Xiphodolamia ensis tooth perpendicular and symmetrical (not slanted) Here’s one from PhatFossils, also the root is highly worn. I agree it could be Macrorhizodus/Isurus praecursor but I think it is to worn to tell either way. “...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...
Al Dente Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Could be Tethylamna dunni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_scribbl3 Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 Is this what you meant by “straight side profile”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 1 hour ago, _scribbl3 said: Is this what you meant by “straight side profile”? Close, but that is at an oblique angle. A side shot should look like this... 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...
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