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Fossil sharks teeth if I i'd them correctly. JK268 ANCIENT MIOCENE EXTINCT TIGER SHARK TEETH, Physogaleus contortus 2.3 cm. 23 mm 0.905 in. JK269 ANCIENT MIOCENE EXTINCT TIGER SHARK TEETH, GALEOCERDO aduncus 3 cm. 30 mm 1 1/8th
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After the forums last successful ID of a desmostylus tooth, I thought I would see if you guys have any ideas on this one. I have had it for a while and still can't figure it out. 3 inches long, one inch thick. Please let me know your ideas! @siteseer, @Shellseeker
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Hi everybody Newbie from Belgium here. Been collecting, trading, swapping fossils for over a year now. Nice little amateur collection, bit of preparation-trails,... I've been wondering if there are specific techniques in the final preparation of teeth? Most of the high value teeth I see on *insert auctionsite* seem to have this shine/luster/gloss to them which makes them very pleasing to the eye. The photos of the Carcharodontosaurus-tooth show what I mean. I have about 10 of these (+7cm), but in no way as "shiny". Has there been any coatingproces to the original tooth to get this effect? Completely new to this specific field of knowledge - so I rather ask "the experts" on this forum.
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Hello, I found the attached while digging for a retaining wall on my property. Does anyone know if this is some sort of fossil? I live just south of Boston MA close to the water. Thanks.
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Hi, sorry posted a bunch at once and they are probably all just rocks but really enjoy looking at the posts here and attempting to participate. This rock was interesting to me because it is incredibly shiny, moreso than in the photos and particularly on one side, the flat one. And, it has that flat side that looks almost organic. Around the smallest tip of it, there seems to be a ring but not sure if that shows up well in photos and a straight ridge along the flat side. The other side is indented a couple millimeters. I know its probably a rock but it looked interesting enough to me to photo. It is approx 4 inches long. Found on East Coast USA. Thanks for looking.
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Hi everyone, I have what I thought was a mammal tooth until I cleaned the end off. From research online the end looks tusk like but I don't want to get over excited. Let me know what you think. Size is 1.8 inches
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Hi TFF friends, I fear this thread might be in the wrong place. If it is the case, my apologize. I am currently compiling all sorts of data about Plioplatecarpinae and i would like to add photos of plioplatecarpinae's tooth. I browsed the world wide web for photos. I found some but i would like to add more. If you have in your collection, teeth from a genus belonging to this sub-family, could you please send me (by answering this thread so everybody enjoy your photos) if possible a photo of the labial/lingual/ distal/apex view of the tooth? Your help is invaluable. Thank you so much.
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Hi! My son found this at Fossil Beach on the Potomac River at Westmoreland State Park, VA. I was hoping someone could tell me what it is. He is an aspiring (seven-year-old) paleontologist and very excited about his find! Thanks for your help!
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Hello, newbie here! My son found this on our property in Venice, Florida. Our home backs up to Alligator Creek (original headwaters for Lemon Bay). Just moved to Florida this summer, so I have other posts to make as well - hoping you all will share your knowledge so that I can get better at knowing when I see something special and, overtime, learn how to identify some of these things myself (besides basic teeth like Lemon Sharks lol. Initial guesses on this were great white, baby meg (seems too small, but the shape and characteristics seem right), dusky, or extinct mako (just trying to do my part of researching first, but I am going in circles on it). Both sides are serrated from top to bottom. Couldn't get a shot at a good angle to show that the tooth is quite thick in the middle (rises to a clear high point in the middle when looking from left to right). Thank you all in advance!! Images in order: 1. Front 2. Right 3. Left 4. Left 5. Back (sorry, didn't realize it was blurry when I took it)
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Hello, I have a large canine tooth (~14 cm with the root, ~6.5 cm with just the tooth) from the White River Formation that I collected this summer on privately held land in northeastern Colorado, and though the fossil in its natural state is fantastic as-is I’m thinking about doing a little bit of restoration on the fossil and am looking for some insights. The tooth itself is from either an entelodont or the rhino Metamynodon, with the shape of the tooth and root strongly suggesting the latter to me (feel free to speak out if you have an opinion one way or the other, though I’m not specifically asking for an ID in this thread). I found the tooth in several pieces and glued everything that I could find back together. I have most of the tooth, but only a small piece of the tip remains. Also, I have not glued the tooth back to its root, and instead simply display them together as if they were connected. I am thinking about restoring the rest of the tip by sculpting it in using paleosculp from Paleobond, using what piece of the tip there is as a guide. I am looking for any information anyone can give me on paleosculp and the process of restoring a fossil using this material. Would this be the correct product for the job? Is there anything I should know when working with the material? Is restoring the tip of this tooth even a good idea at all, or in the name of science should I leave it as I found it? I intend to leave the paleosculp unpainted for the purposes of not risking damage to the fossil and also making it obvious which pieces of the fossil are original (most of it) and which pieces are restoration (just a little section of the tip). I understand that dinosaur teeth are frequently restored in this way, but I want to make sure that I’m not committing blasphemy by doing such a restoration. Also, paleosculp is advertised as being sand-able and drill-able after it dries, and so I figure if the restoration ever needs to be removed for whatever reason it could be sanded away in a labor-intensive process, but do let me know if this is not the case. I also intend to clean the fossil up a bit more (ie get rid of some of the residual dirt still on it) and potentially glue the tooth onto the root. Thank you for any insights and information you may have! Picture of the fossil and of the tooth tip provided for context.
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Hey all! Came across this little guy. Curious if anyone can tell me what it is? Its small, about 1.5cm in length, and slightly curved. It has two serrated edges, although they aren't on opposite sides - more like they are on one side of the curved edge (?). Hope someone can shed some light, Thanks!
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Hi everybody! Last month i saw this tooth on sale and it was love at first sight But from the beginning i understood that what it was and how it be presented are not on the same page... Luckily i know the seller pretty well and we trust each other...so i asked info before make the purchase...He told me that his provider (directly from Morocco) told him that the tooth was a Dyrosaurus phosphaticus but that he was not confident about the ID...the moroccan provider told to my friend/seller that was the first time that he saw a totth like that and its first idea of ID was D.phosphaticus. So provider was not sure, the seller just report the same ID given by the provider...and after hearing this story, i was even more convinced that i was on the good path...this is NOT a D.phosphaticus tooth...but for me, it was not a crocodilian tooth at all. Then i started to wondering what could it be...and i have reached two possibilities: 1) Spinosauridae: like Baryonyx/Suchosaurus 2) Pliosauridae: like Liopleuridon or Simolestes The specific features of the tooth (well conserved on labial side, damaged on lingual side, full carinae, intact root) are: - 2 marked, smooth carinae - 9 labial ridges - less evident lingual ridges - smooth enamel Other info: Origin: Khourigba - Morocco Age: Maastrichtian - Upper Cretaceous (doubtful) Lenght: 5.5cm / 2.16 inches What do you think about it? Someone can recognize it? Let me know and thanks to everybody!
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Please help me ID these shark teeth that were found on the west coast of Florida (near Venice) over the past weekend. My belief is that the top row could be Great White and/or Megalodon (very nice serration on the largest/first one), the second row is either Bull or Dusky, and the third row is Hemipristis (Snaggletooth). As for the fourth row... the jury is still out. I am most intrigued by the third/tiny one (from left to right). It looks different from anything else I have ever found. Very compact, lots of detail, and oddly shaped. Any ideas???
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Please help ID any of these sharks teeth that were collected from the west coast of Florida (near Venice) this past weekend. Based on my research, the top two rows look like Sand Tiger and the bottom two look like Lemon. Would this be correct or are there any that look out of sorts?
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Hi everyone, A friend found this bone with what looks like a shark tooth embedded into it while he was hunting in Bakersfield near Shark Tooth Hill. Does it look like an embedded shark tooth? and what type of shark do you think it could be from? He found several Hastalis and Planus teeth in the same layer. I really appreciate all the help the community has provided me. I learn something new every time. Thanks!
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Can you spot this T. Rex tooth can't tell is there restoration or anything. Butte County South Dakota, USA Measures 4.06" long That's all
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Hello I got a ceratopsian tooth from the USA (Morrison or Judith formation 5ou I have to double check) and I was wondering if it’s possible to identify? It’s either an agujaceratops or a bravoceratops I was told but I’m new to this sort of species and was hoping for a help identifying. Thanks in advance for your comments!
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Hello. I was wondering if anyone could help me identify this tooth from a friend’s collection. It comes from the Bissekty formation in Uzebekistan. It is 1.81 inches (4.6 cm) long. I think fish, pterosaur, crocodylimorph, or aquatic reptile are potential identities. Please let me know if more pictures are required. Thank you for your help.
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Hello, anyone able to help with this one? Going through my old "fossil" folder, I found this one I got 10 years ago bought as "Albertosaurus" from Lance Formation. Now, looking online I'm seeing Albertosaurus as not being from Lance. Indeed, only valid Tyrannosaur from there is looking like Rex Would this be better labelled as Undetermined Tyrannosaur, a T rex, or has Albertosaurus actually been found there? Apologies for pictures. The actual fossil is in storage box at my UK home, I'm in Taiwan and wont be going back there until COVID is over. So, hopefully these two older pics are enough to narrow it down. There are some serrations, which I believe seperates it from the juvenile teeth usually sold as Aublysodon?
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Hey guys, I purchased this T. rex premax partial tooth and I just wanted to confirm it is indeed Rex. The serrations seem to match. From Hell Creek, Montana, Usa. Size is 3cm. Thank you for all imput.
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Hello! This tooth has been offered to me. The id is theropod ind. It has very small serrations... From Cloverly Formation. What do you think? Thank you so much!
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Hi I am a newbie to the forum. Hoping I can get some fossil identification! I found this today at Ramsholt Cliffs in Suffolk, England. The rock formation here is coralline crag, red crab and London clay. I’ve found various shark teeth here which I might post but I’m more interested in this tooth which I found today. It’s an incisor but from what. Looks too big to be modern human. Could it be an ape of some sort?
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Hello guys, My apolo in advance for possibly some mismatch with forum rules, trying my best to address them. My question about shark tooth fossil which I bought on online auction for my son. I have tried to select best seller which look credible. Here is photos of megalodon tooth I made . I recently got it from post office and need to gift it to my son soon. I so afraid to gift him fake (replica) he is 8 y.o and let imagine after possibly 30 years he will identify it was fake and were gifted by mom Please help to identify does this real or replica ? I may do more photos if needed. Thank you so much in advance! btw: question for registration were very nice. (;
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