Paleoc Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 4 Lee Creek Parotodus (personal finds). The top one is from the lower Pungo (Miocene). The far right one is a rare juvenile. The far left one is essentially a flawless tooth (the basal enamel wrinkles are pathologic) and is exactly 3 inches slant (1 inch thick). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexx Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 What a nice and huge Paratodus tooth Paleoc! Tremendous root on that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) Thanks for sharing your pics fossilgallary. I especially like your 6.5" meg. My best (pictured in my profile and on the 125th post of this thread) is just shy of 6". Edited February 18, 2011 by DeloiVarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexx Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 My best (pictured in my profile and on the 125th post of this thread) is just shy of 6". The tooth on your profile shows so much more color than when it was freshly found. I guess some of that difference is from cleaning, but did you also put water or oil on the tooth befor taking a picture? I was just asking myself a couple of times already. A pity it does not hit the 6" but even without that it is a really amazing find! One of the nicer teeth that I have seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THobern Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 A 5 11/16" lower anterior Megalodon from Morgan River, South Carolina. No repairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 A 5 11/16" lower anterior Megalodon from Morgan River, South Carolina. No repairs. that's one of the prettiest teeth I've ever seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilman7 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 my two favs great white daggers from gmr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalodon1 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 A 5 11/16" lower anterior Megalodon from Morgan River, South Carolina. No repairs. Awesome Meg!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 The tooth on your profile shows so much more color than when it was freshly found. I guess some of that difference is from cleaning, but did you also put water or oil on the tooth befor taking a picture? I was just asking myself a couple of times already. A pity it does not hit the 6" but even without that it is a really amazing find! One of the nicer teeth that I have seen. Thanks for the compliment Mexx and good question about the color. The profile picture was taken just after cleaning and while the tooth was still wet. While wet, the colors definetely stood out more. I have been tempted to oil it to get those colors to come back out, but most collectors frown on any treatment even if just oil. So I have decided to leave it natural for the time being. Do you ever oil any of your teeth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnitezan Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Some of you might have already seen this one here, as it was on ebay recently and has been on a private sales page as well. Still I wanted to upload it for the others to enjoy. The overall condition and the color of the bourlette on this 4.37" Lee Creek meg are really fantastic. It is one of my all time favourites now! I definitely remember seeing it on ebay very nice meg!! I spotted it in your collection pics and was suspecting if it was the same one I saw on ebay... and you just confirmed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Wow, a North American Xiphodolamia. That is a special tooth. There was an article published last year (Adnet et al, 2009) which reviewed the genus and agreed that the unserrated type species X. ensis should be the sole valid one except for a new serrated species, X serrata, which is described in it. Adnet, S., R. Hosseinzadeh, M.T. Antunes, A.C. Balbino, V.A. Kozlov, and H. Cappetta. 2009. Review of the enigmatic Eocene shark genus Xiphodolamia (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes) and description of a new species recovered from Angola, Iran, and Jordan. Journal of African Earth Sciences 55. pp. 197-204. This is an area where size dosent matter as much as quality.Sweeeet toothy you have there. Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexx Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 I definitely remember seeing it on ebay very nice meg!! I spotted it in your collection pics and was suspecting if it was the same one I saw on ebay... and you just confirmed it If you still remember it I take it as a compliment for the tooth. Some teeth really stick to one's mind. I have experienced that also a couple of times when I remembered having seen a tooth even some years ago and then it popped upe somewhere later. Nice teeth are like nice faces you don't forget them anymore...:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexx Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Thanks for the compliment Mexx and good question about the color. The profile picture was taken just after cleaning and while the tooth was still wet. While wet, the colors definetely stood out more. I have been tempted to oil it to get those colors to come back out, but most collectors frown on any treatment even if just oil. So I have decided to leave it natural for the time being. Do you ever oil any of your teeth? No I have never tried to oil a tooth. Right at the beginning of my collecting I read somewhere that once a tooth has been oiled it is extremely difficult to remove the oil and the tooth starts smelling. Also, I think it would be a bit unnatural. I don't collect repaired teeth, I try to have them as natural as possible. I think your tooth really is nice enough and does not require any treatment!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Here is a 3.66" C. auriculatus from SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Here is a 3.66" C. auriculatus from SC That tooth is sweet! Are all the serrations there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 That tooth is sweet! Are all the serrations there? Yes, complete serrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Yes, complete serrations. fossilselachian Did you get my PM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caromalta Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 (edited) Found In Gozo (Malta) last week Edited June 12, 2012 by caromalta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echinoman Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Ptichodus aff. mammilaris, Turonian, Dobrindolska Formation, Povelyanovo vilage, NE Bulgaria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefossilgallery Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 Wow, great to see this thread still alive! And here I thought it had become extinct. 3" flawless highly deformed BV Chub I recently sold. Neat tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echinoman Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Myliobatis sp., Ypresian, Beloslav, NE Bulgaria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Wow, that bone valley chub is amazing. Guess I will throw in a few of mine. First a very rare Auriculatus symphyseal tooth from the Castle Hayne formation and found on the same day a beautiful gun metal blue perfect Ric next one of my favorite little teeth, a stunning Abdounia recticona Then from the Belgrade formation a very uncommon, and in great shape Galeocerdo casei Just a few of my favorite teeth!! 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...
Captain Jack Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) Bringing this thread back from extinction John Hammond style as I picked up my first Meg tooth recently, I'm more a dino guy but the Meg holds an undeniable allure, so opened my account with a lower anterior 4.46incher from Georgia, seemed in decent shape and gold pyrite in the bourlett adds a touch of bling bling. Nom nom nom, time for lunch;) Edited January 28, 2013 by Captain Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 My Late Cretaceous (Turonian) trophies. Shark teeth are AWESOME! "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Plai Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) Some very nice shark teeth here! Anyway, here is my Peruvian Isurus Hastalis with 2 tones root from Ica: And this is my red Meg Tooth from Pungo River, North Carolina: While this one is nothing special but it was my first Meg Tooth so it will always hold some special meaning to me - a 4 inch South Carolina (Santee Marl Formation) specimen: Edited March 28, 2013 by AJ Plai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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