Tiny shark tooth. Looks like a megalodon.. surely not?

[FrostbyteFossils]

I have this tiny shark tooth in my collection from America, but it kinda looks like a tiny, worn meg?

[FrostbyteFossils]

Megs can't get this small, can they?

[Praefectus]

I've seen some pretty small Megs. Your tooth might be a juvenile meg. It's hard to tell because it is so small and partially worn. Do you know the age of the fossil or the formation where it was found? While more information may help narrow it down, I wouldn't feel confident in any ID that I give it. It's just a tad too small to tell. 

 

Maybe someone else can help 

[FrostbyteFossils]

1 hour ago, Praefectus said:

I've seen some pretty small Megs. Your tooth might be a juvenile meg. It's hard to tell because it is so small and partially worn. Do you know the age of the fossil or the formation where it was found? While more information may help narrow it down, I wouldn't feel confident in any ID that I give it. It's just a tad too small to tell. 

 

Maybe someone else can help 

Miocene I believe; around 15MYO. Sorry, i forgot to mention. Location is unknown apart from USA.

[FrostbyteFossils]

See, what really made me think it was a meg is the really thick root and the wide, near-symmetrical crown.

[Al Dente]

Probably a Carcharhinus tooth. It looks like it has a nutrient groove on the root.

[Coco]

Hi,

 

OK with Al Dente, Carcharhinus.

 

Coco

[indominus rex]

Agreed, looks like a Carcharinus tooth.

[FossilsAnonymous]

@FrostbyteFossils Definitely Carcharinus. if i had a penny for every time I'd been fooled by those...

[sixgill pete]

I agree with Carcharhinus as Al Dente said.

 

However I have megs smaller than that. Just so you know.

[FrostbyteFossils]

18 minutes ago, sixgill pete said:

I agree with Carcharhinus as Al Dente said.

 

However I have megs smaller than that. Just so you know.

Ah well. Still a nice tooth ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

Also, is Carcharhinus in the Carcharodon genus?

[Misha]

5 minutes ago, FrostbyteFossils said:

Ah well. Still a nice tooth ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

Also, is Carcharhinus in the Carcharodon genus?

They are separate genera.

[Coco]

Hi,

 

Carcharhinus is a genus, as Carcharodon is another one.

 

Coco