AlexMcCarthyWX Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Below are five shark teeth I am trying to make sure I have identified correctly. Teeth 1-4 were found in North Myrtle Beach, though I do not know where tooth 5 is from. I believe that #2, #3, and #4 are C. Appendiculata, but am not confident in that. I wonder if #1 is as well, the shape seems a bit different in my opinion. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 @MarcoSr @Al Dente @sixgill pete Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 On 10/27/2020 at 7:45 AM, AlexMcCarthyWX said: Teeth 1-4 were found in North Myrtle Beach, though I do not know where tooth 5 is from. I believe that #2, #3, and #4 are C. Appendiculata, but am not confident in that. I wonder if #1 is as well I think there is a good possibility that #1 through #4 are Cretalamna. The last tooth might be Carcharias, depending on age and location found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: @MarcoSr @Al Dente @sixgill pete The pictures for teeth 2 thru 4 are not very good and important tooth features that could affect the ID (Like nutrient grooves, striations on the crown, ornamentation on the crown etc.) can't be seen. Tooth 5 is a sandtiger tooth. Without a location where found and/or age of the formation where it came out of there are too many possibilities to try to ID it further to a genus/species. I'm not familiar with the age of the formations at Myrtle beach. If there isn't a Cretaceous formation there, then tooth 1 is Cretalamna or Otodus. If there is Cretaceous Formation there, there are a number of other possibilities. Teeth 3 and 4 could be Cretalamna but with the size difference of the cusplets, they could also be sand tiger teeth (can't tell from the pictures). Tooth 3 does look like a Cretalamna tooth. Edit: Based on @sixgill pete Don's reply below that "the Myrtle Beach area has Cretaceous PeeDee Formation.", that changes my reply. Tooth 1 couldn't be Otodus, but I think there are some other Cretaceous possibilities in addition to Cretalamna. Teeth 3 and 4 wouldn't be sand tigers, so teeth 2-4 would be Cretalamna. Based again on a Cretaceous age, tooth 5 could be further identified to the genus Carcharias. Marco Sr. 1 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 @MarcoSr , the Myrtle Beach area has Cretaceous PeeDee Formation. I believe 1 through 4 are Cretalamna. #5 is a sand tiger, likely Carcharias. 1 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroMike Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 (edited) #5 is a Sand Tiger tooth *EDIT* I see Collections Curator has beat me to the Sand Tiger label, great job! I second his opinion. Edited February 27, 2023 by AeroMike to give credit to a previous post " This comment brought to you by the semi-famous AeroMike" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexMcCarthyWX Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 Good evening everyone and thank you for the additional attention to this post! I am out of town at the moment but will probably post better pictures of those teeth in a few days in case that helps with further identification. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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