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3 shark teeth. Anything special?


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Since I'm done with the Peace River this year, I thought I would start sorting this season's finds in preparation for my report to the Univ. of Florida. I usually throw all the small teeth I find into a jug for give aways, but I had set these 3 teeth aside because they looked a little different. Just wondered if they were anything special. They all are serrated on both edges.

 

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I agree the middle tooth is a small meg, John. The other 2 look like Carcharhinus species to me.

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The first tooth seems to have rather large serrations for its size.  I tend to hang onto anything out of the ordinary along with a sample of the ordinary.

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2 hours ago, siteseer said:

The first tooth seems to have rather large serrations for its size.  I tend to hang onto anything out of the ordinary along with a sample of the ordinary.

Agreed. The strong v-shaped root is also inconsistent with Carcharhinus.. Might be pathological, I dunno.

 

OP--any chance for close-up, lighter pics of both sides of the first and third teeth?

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12 hours ago, hemipristis said:

Agreed. The strong v-shaped root is also inconsistent with Carcharhinus.. Might be pathological, I dunno.

 

OP--any chance for close-up, lighter pics of both sides of the first and third teeth?

 

21 hours ago, sixgill pete said:

I agree the middle tooth is a small meg, John. The other 2 look like Carcharhinus species to me.

 

Hope these help. It's the extremely robust roots that made these stand out.

 

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