Paraorthacodus clarkii shark tooth sculpture

[bthemoose]

I recently sculpted a super-sized Paraorthacodus clarkii shark tooth using epoxy putty, based on examples I've found from the Paleocene of Maryland, USA. The sculpture is about 5 inches (13 cm) wide vs. 0.35-0.5 inches (9-13 mm) wide for the teeth I've actually found. The enamel coloring (acrylic paint) on this is more fantastical than my previous Cretodus tooth sculpture, though is still loosely inspired by blue-grays on some of my actual teeth.

 

Here's the finished sculpture after painting:

 

 

Here's the sculpture before coloring (I forgot to take photos before doing any painting, but the images below are the tooth with a light coat of primer):

 

 

For comparison, here's the most complete example of Paraorthacodus clarkii I've found and that's in my collection:

 

 

And another example that I relied on quite a bit while creating this sculpture: