I volunteer at a natural history society. i was asked to do a zoom talk for a general audience on identifying fossil shark teeth. As I looked at a few online shark tooth identification Guides, what struck me was the number of scientific words or descriptive terms that a person would need to understand to use a Guide. It would be discouraging to have to stop and look up each term. So I tried to find a site where all the words or terms were explained with words and pictures that would be clear. I did not find one. Can any of you point me to one?
I had never tried on my own to id shark teeth. I relied on others. So I approached this as a newbee. I put together a power point program showing pictures (53) of shark teeth crown and root features, pictures showing the labial and lingual sides, serrations, cusps, cutting edge directions-mesial & distal and changes in teeth based on their tooth position. For fun, pictures of pathological teeth are shown.
All comments, suggestions would be appreciated. thanks for reading