Rappahannock creek hunting

[Rowboater]

Went out after a big rain to an old favorite spot  The creek was full of sand.  First two stops, first two to three hours only yielded 20 or so teeth.  Went to a spot I thought I had cleaned out a month or so ago and was pleasantly surprised to get into a bunch of teeth (mostly small, many broken).  Worked hard screening for almost another hour.  FOUR cow shark teeth, however three broken; the best one was "classical" serrations on the first point, not sure about the broken ones (two COULD have serrations separate from the first major points? But not definitive.)  Don't find many hemis ("snaggletooth") this one was nice, about an inch long.  Three tiger shark teeth, the biggest one not real big, but in great shape.  A few small makos. An angel shark tooth and five drum teeth.  The "usual" sand tiger spikes and gray shark triangles. 

An interesting one (middle of the second scan) has a big root and a small blade.  I thought a weird lemon shark tooth, but the root is too big and the blade seems short and squat but intact.  Any ideas?

 

 

[Fin Lover]

Nice haul!  Are you able to get a better picture of the middle tooth?  The scan is a little blurry.

[Fossildude19]

Man, you had to work for them this time, but it did pay off!

Congratulations on another nice haul.

[Rowboater]

here are a few more scans. @Fin Lover @Al Dente @hemipristis @MarcoSr  I guess a posterior tooth from heavy root relative to blade, but no idea of species.  About 1.5 cm long root. Fairly non-descript, but not something I've noticed before.  Seems intact, although the root could be broken on the squared off side.  Not much but it's always neat to find something different.

[Al Dente]

45 minutes ago, Rowboater said:

I guess a posterior tooth from heavy root relative to blade, but no idea of species.

 

I agree with posterior tooth. My guess is hastalis or retroflexus.

[MarcoSr]

I agree with Eric, posterior tooth, hastalis or retroflexus.

 

Marco Sr.

[hemipristis]

Agree

[Rowboater]

@Al Dente @MarcoSr @hemipristis  Thanks everyone!  I find lots of small hastalis/ isurus teeth, but posterior teeth seem very rare?