Adam86cucv Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Interesting story. https://riverheadlocal.com/2018/12/14/local-teacher-finds-likely-fossilized-shark-tooth-on-baiting-hollow-beach/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 I actually have no idea what those professors were thinking. Megalodon? I think not. Definitley c.carcharias On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 "Megalodon are normally 5" long". I want to hunt where they do!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 What a badly written article. Interesting in its own way, though. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 The article does mention our own Forum member Carl, who correctly identified the tooth as a great white. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrophyseter Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 I've never really understood why the news would put on such a trivial story of someone finding a small fossil that's not that rare in the eyes of others. What about someone who found another 7-inch meg, why aren't they on the news? Kudos to Carl for the correct ID, though 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...
FossilDAWG Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Paleontology gets little enough mention in the news, why begrudge a reporter's effort to convey the excitement of discovery that can come with even a relatively common find? Besides, I can't speak to your experience but great whites and megs are not common finds in New York. For that matter, they are "common" at only a few places, most collectors have never personally found either one. If they are so common as to be beneath notice where you live, you are indeed fortunate. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 16 hours ago, Macrophyseter said: ...why the news would put on such a trivial story of someone finding a small fossil... Just a local-interest story. The find was indeed very rare for the locality. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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