BIG near perfect Otodus from the London Clay

[TomWhite]

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Went down to my local beach after work on Monday with the intention of looking for plant seeds from the London Clay beds.

After waiting half an hour for the tide to recede i could get to the best material.... Within the first five minutes something large caught my eye in one of the material piles.....See if you can spot it...

 

 

A nearly perfect 58mm Otodus! With intact cusps and serrations, maybe an Otodus Aksuaticus? Needless to say it was a bit of a surprise! 

 

 

 

Found a few of the usual Striatolamia teeth in situ.

 

 

 

 

And a bit of a ray plate.

 

 

Found a fish vert slowly wearing out of the clay.

 

 

A few seeds and a tiny bone (10mm) photos are of poor quality but any ideas of what it is? 

Seeds.

 

 

Tiny bone.

 

The tide had started to come in by that point so headed up onto the beach. 

Photos showing the red crag cliffs with the London Clay bed below it. This part of the beach is picked over a lot so i do not tend to spend to much time there. (Unless its productive such as after a storm where the shingle gets washed away to expose the London clay beds under it then it is incredible )

 

 

Few beach finds, the majority are a bit worn after being rolled around by the waves etc.

 

 

Few partials of much bigger teeth.

 

 

So in all, quite a productive couple of hours!

Thanks all! 

 

 

 

[fossilnut]

Great find. I'll play the fool and say that the Otodus in the first pic is just to the right of center at the top just below the squared off clay? Your eyes are a lot better than mine. Cool way you have prepped the seeds and bone. What age?

[jcbshark]

What a stunner, congrats 

[FranzBernhard]

Superb tooth! Congratulations!
Please consider submitting it for FOTM . Thanks!
Franz Bernhard

[Vieira]

Nice report and a fantastic tooth

 

Congratulations

[Fossildude19]

Great report, finds, and photos! 

Thanks for posting them.

[Gizmo]

Very nice, congrats! 

[TomWhite]

1 hour ago, fossilnut said:

Great find. I'll play the fool and say that the Otodus in the first pic is just to the right of center at the top just below the squared off clay? Your eyes are a lot better than mine. Cool way you have prepped the seeds and bone. What age?

Yes correct!! No prep at all, they are all found like that, quick gentle brush with a toothbrush removes any clay. The London clay is 54 MYA. 

[Notidanodon]

Which are of the London clay were you hunting, I went to sheppey and didn’t find nearly as much

[Manticocerasman]

Great finds, thx for sharing

 

[TomWhite]

5 minutes ago, will stevenson said:

Which are of the London clay were you hunting, I went to sheppey and didn’t find nearly as much

This was up in sunny Suffolk.

[Kosmoceras]

Superb find! 

[FossilNerd]

Very cool finds. Congrats on the Otodus tooth. Looks great! 

[RJB]

I would call that a nice little walk on the beach!

 

RB

[digit]

Superb find! Thanks for taking us along on the hunt--I love trip reports with in situ goodness.

 

I second the motion for a submittal to FOTM. That tooth needs to be enjoyed by a wider audience.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[Darktooth]

Great finds! Congratulations on the Otodus!

[t-tree]

Well done on your great finds and fantastic tooth.

 

John

 

[Miocene_Mason]

What a beauty of an Otodus! Awesome find!

[Mark Kmiecik]

Nice finds. Congrats.

[Ludwigia]

That Otodus is really fine! Congrats!

[Nimravis]

Some great finds, congrats.

[TomWhite]

On 16/07/2019 at 1:37 PM, Kosmoceras said:

Superb find! 

 

On 16/07/2019 at 2:33 PM, FossilNerd said:

Very cool finds. Congrats on the Otodus tooth. Looks great! 

 

23 hours ago, RJB said:

I would call that a nice little walk on the beach!

 

RB

 

23 hours ago, digit said:

Superb find! Thanks for taking us along on the hunt--I love trip reports with in situ goodness.

 

I second the motion for a submittal to FOTM. That tooth needs to be enjoyed by a wider audience.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

 

23 hours ago, Darktooth said:

Great finds! Congratulations on the Otodus!

 

22 hours ago, t-tree said:

Well done on your great finds and fantastic tooth.

 

John

 

 

21 hours ago, WhodamanHD said:

What a beauty of an Otodus! Awesome find!

 

19 hours ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

Nice finds. Congrats.

 

17 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

That Otodus is really fine! Congrats!

 

11 hours ago, Nimravis said:

Some great finds, congrats.

 

Many thanks for all the kind comments.

This tooth nearly matches the other one i found a few weeks back. Unfortunately that tooth was a bit more worn!

 

 

 

[digit]

Looking good--now go out and collect the rest of the set.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[sixgill pete]

Beautiful tooth.

[ynot]

Wonderful find, congratulations!