JC3 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I have been slowly going through (micro-screening) a few buckets of Aurora material that I picked up at the last couple Fossil Festivals. I thought some of you may want to take a look at a few things that haved turned up. I have provided different views of the teeth. I apologize for the photo quality. These tiny things push my camera to the limit. Pics 1 & 2 are of a juvenile cow shark tooth approximately 1/4 inch (Notorynchus sp.), Pics 3 & 4 are of a whale shark tooth approximately 1/8 inch (Rhincodon sp.) and Pics 5 & 6 are of a ray tooth approximately 1/8 inch that I believe to be Rhynchobatus, but of this I am not positive. If anyone can better ID this tooth, please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC3 Posted December 29, 2011 Author Share Posted December 29, 2011 Second picture of the ray tooth posted below the cow shark tooth. Sorry for any confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 There's rare and wondrous things in that dirt "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) Great finds Edited December 30, 2011 by bmorefossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 JC3, great teeth. Aurora offers up some beautiful micro's. I have a very large collection of them and have made several posts in the last year showing them. The Rhincodon are some of my favorites, along with the cat sharks(which are very very small). Here is one of my prize micro finds from there, a Basking Shark; Cetorhinus maximus. some cat sharks Please post more of what you find, there are many of us one here that love micro's 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...
Al Dente Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Pics 5 & 6 are of a ray tooth approximately 1/8 inch that I believe to be Rhynchobatus, but of this I am not positive. If anyone can better ID this tooth, please let me know. It looks like Dasyatis and not Rhynchobatus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC3 Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 JC3, great teeth. Aurora offers up some beautiful micro's. I have a very large collection of them and have made several posts in the last year showing them. The Rhincodon are some of my favorites, along with the cat sharks(which are very very small). Here is one of my prize micro finds from there, a Basking Shark; Cetorhinus maximus. some cat sharks Please post more of what you find, there are many of us one here that love micro's That basking shark tooth is awesome. Still haven't screened out one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC3 Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 It looks like Dasyatis and not Rhynchobatus. Pretty sure you are correct. Thanks for the good eye and the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alopias Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 nice shark teeth , thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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