Conner8484 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 I found this hollow mako shark tooth on the piles in North Carolina, I was told that the tooth hadn’t fully formed when the shark lost it but I want a few more opinions on it. Size referencefront Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conner8484 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 backthe inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilnut Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 That is my understanding as well. The dentin fills in the blade and finally the root forms. I have only found one. They are fairly rare finds, congratulations. I am not a shark tooth expert but I have had a paleontolgist look at mine and he confirmed the above. Mine was found At Brownies Beach Miocene in Maryland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Shark have several files of teeth in their jaw. The teeth grow from the base of the file and replace the tooth in use at the top of the file on a regular basis. The developing tooth will grow the enamel first and fill in the dentine and root as it progresses up the file. The only way an undeveloped tooth would be lost is if the shark dies. Your tooth could be a developing tooth. PS You got front and back reversed. 2 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...
Conner8484 Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 1 minute ago, ynot said: Shark have several files of teeth in their jaw. The teeth grow from the base of the file and replace the tooth in use at the top of the file on a regular basis. The developing tooth will grow the enamel first and fill in the dentine and root as it progresses up the file. The only way an undeveloped tooth would be lost is if the shark dies. Your tooth could be a developing tooth. PS You got front and back reversed. Thanks! Also I always get that mixed up, thanks for the correction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Conner8484 said: Thanks! Also I always get that mixed up, thanks for the correction Think F/F. Flat= Front 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 I prefer L/L, as labial/lingual. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebu Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Here is what was written on this subject few weeks back, it might help you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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