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Bobby Rico

Cardita Bed, Bracklesham, West Sussex

 

Exposures of the richly fossiliferous Palaeogene sediments, which comprise the  Bracklesham Group (Eocene). 46 million years old. Easy hunting here on the beach and sharks’ teeth may be found by the hundred.

 

I have vertebra, shark and ray teeth and more needing some IDs . I start with the shark teeth, something I don’t have a clue so any help will be much appreciated. I just pic out a few. 

 

Cheers Bobby 

 

 

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Do not know what this is. No10

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Or this No11

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#10 is a stingray barb

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9 minutes ago, Fin Lover said:

10 is a stingray barb

Thanks very much that’s quite interesting. I have lots of ray teeth that I need to ID . 
 

cheers Bobby 

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debivort

11 is a pair of vertebrae. Seeing them in profile (from the side, as opposed to end-on) can help with ID.

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10 minutes ago, debivort said:

s a pair of vertebrae. Seeing them in profile (from the side, as opposed to end-on) can help with ID.

Thank you I am just doing a vertebra post . I will have do more photos. 
 

cheers Bobby 

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Bobby Rico

I bump my tread with a tooth that I did get an iD for it before but it was lost in the TFF missing content triangle. 
 

cheers Bobby 

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Fin Lover

1, 2 & 5 look like sand tigers, but I can't get more specific than that.  4, possibly 7 and the left one in 9 look like tiger sharks.

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This website can help you- https://www.dmap.co.uk/fossils/bracklesham/vert/brackvert.htm

 

1-3 Striatolamna macrota 

4 Galeocerdo

5 Carcharias

6 Brachycarcharias lerichei?
7 Physogaleus secundus

8 Odontaspis? Carcharias?
9 Physogaleus secundus on the left, maybe posterior Striatolamia on right.

10 ray caudal sting

11 dorsal fin spines, maybe catfish

last photos- Physogaleus secundus.

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Thanks you all so much . @Fin Lover @cck @Ludwigia @debivort and @Al Dente I know that website and it help on end with IDs on my shells but I just can’t see the difference regarding shark teeth. Now I have a few IDs I hope I can start to see the differences.

 

again thank you all. Have a lovely weekend Bobby 

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