Shark tooth ID help!

[LadySatana]

Hello everyone, it’s me again - I posted on here not long ago about 5 (great white) teeth I needed identifying, and I was extraordinarily impressed with the results, thank you again for that!

 

This time around, I have 4 more teeth I need help with, as I’m super curious about what they belonged to, I have two regular ish looking teeth and one very flat one(??), All three are quite small.

In addition to those 3 I also have one which is still in the rock, but very visible, and I haven’t really been able to compare it to anything I have already - its about the size of an average great white tooth, if that helps.

 

 

I apologise about the shadows, the sun is really out today!

[hemipristis]

Top 2 photos:  Otodus obliquus from the Eocene of Morocco

 

Bottom 2 photos, top to bottom:

1. I think it's a juvenile Otodus

2. Ray tooth

3.Galeocerdo cuvier, tiger shark

 

 

[LadySatana]

Thank you for the input! I did guess that they might be Otodus teeth myself, but I really wasn’t sure and I’m certainly not an expert.

 

I may look into trying to remove it from the rock safely, somehow.

[digit]

Removing the matrix to free that tooth takes some tools and experience. If the matrix is hard then you will find this to be a difficult task. I would not attempt to remove to tooth completely from the matrix anyway as keeping them in the matrix are usually a nice way to display fossilized teeth. You already have one freed from the matrix so that you can appreciate it from all sides/angles. If you are looking for a little project, you might try to dig up some tools to try to remove the piece of matrix that overlies the root--I wouldn't go any further than this. You wouldn't want to be investing in expensive compressed air scribes for this but you might look up 'pin vise' both on this forum and in a general internet search as a possible tool to do a little bit of prep work. If you do decide to tackle revealing the rest of the root, take photos of your process and post them here with a report so that others may learn from your efforts.

 

A belated welcome to the forum!

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[LadySatana]

Thank you very much for the detailed reply, Ken.

 

I may not tamper with it as I have 0 experience with removing teeth from the rock, however, the rock that it is embedded in is incredibly thick in the back with a few smaller teeth sunken into it - maybe I can find someone more experienced near me that can help me trim it down a little bit in the future

 

Many thanks!