Bob Saunders Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Species Carcharodon (Isurus) hastalis Extinct Mako Shark Notorynchus primigenius (Agassiz, 1843) Fossil Cow Shark Miocene - Pliocene (~2.6 to 15 million years) Hawthorne Formation Beaufort County, South Carolina Large tooth 1 1/16 in 2.8 cm Notorynchus cepedianus tooth identification 5 five cusp, showing masial side. Lower lateral Notorynchus cepedianus fossil shark tooth tail gate show find. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Wow! Nice teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 I agree. What a stunner! 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Saunders Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 Item #2 Sharks Teeth Species Carcharodon hastalis (Isurus) hastalis Extinct Mako Shark Miocene-Pliocene (~2.6 to 15 million years) Hawthorne Formation Beaufort County, South Carolina large 1 3/8th in. long small 1 1/16th inch 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth_ Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 34 minutes ago, Bob Saunders said: Item #2 Sharks Teeth Species Carcharodon hastalis (Isurus) hastalis Extinct Mako Shark Miocene-Pliocene (~2.6 to 15 million years) Hawthorne Formation Beaufort County, South Carolina large 1 3/8th in. long This is a juvenile Otodus megalodon tooth. Serrations are there (although quite worn) and it has a bourlette. Some very nice teeth indeed, it's refreshing to see them still in the matrix! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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