JonUte Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Hello again! Yesterday’s finds we’re another learning experience but I AM learning, so here goes. Wife found this today on Venice Beach in Florida. It was deposited more-less at our feet by a wave (it’s choppy today.) I think it looks more like somebody dropped it and it’s a fake. Any thoughts? measurements in centimeters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) Very nice Carcharodon hastalis! Looks real to me, although I'm not sure if that coloration is normal for that beach. Hopefully, someone from Florida can chime in. Edited November 19, 2023 by Fin Lover 1 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Nope. Not a fake at all. That is a beautiful ancestral white shark tooth. For years we used to call these "mako" teeth and used the scientific name Isurus hastalis (Broad-tooth Mako) but paleontologists are now leaning toward this being in the lineage that gave us our modern Great White Shark and so we've had to retrain ourselves to use the (presently) proper term for these--the debate as to genus name is still not completely settled (Carcharodon/Cosmopolitodus). Always a delight when a nice specimen of these turns up. https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/carcharodon-hastalis/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitodus Cheers. -Ken 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonUte Posted November 19, 2023 Author Share Posted November 19, 2023 Thank you all for your information. I passed the info on to my wife (who found it) and she’s just tickled! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 She should be tickled! Nice coloration for a beach find. It is hard to find them with the whole root in the Summerville, SC area, so I still haven't found one that nice in a year and a half. 1 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 12 minutes ago, JonUte said: I passed the info on to my wife (who found it) and she’s just tickled! Sounds like we've picked up another fossil addict hunter. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonUte Posted November 28, 2023 Author Share Posted November 28, 2023 Oh, she’s worse than me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 1 hour ago, JonUte said: Oh, she’s worse than me! More important than any shark tooth find is having a better half as an interested collecting partner. My wife also enjoys being outdoors and the thrill of discovery while fossil hunting and that is a joy. Many guys I know have to promise to do something their wives enjoy as a trade for coming along on a fossil hunt. It's hard to beat when you can share an enjoyable and intellectually stimulating activity with your significant other. Cheers. -Ken 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 I am unable to view the pics. Links are broken. 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...
Coco Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 Right @sixgill pete The pictures from the first post are no longer visible. @JonUtec an you put them back STP ? Thanks. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonUte Posted November 28, 2023 Author Share Posted November 28, 2023 Hi all. Reposting the photos of my Carcharodon Hastalis tooth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 Nice ! It would have been a shame not to see them ! Coco 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 It's a gorgeous tooth. The forum is still having a few issues from the move to the new server and recent image uploads have sometimes ended up as broken links. We're working behind the scenes to spot these and fix the broken links so that these topics make sense going forward. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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