megateeth Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) Sometimes you find something that you can not believe is natural occurring but it is. I found this a month or so ago and just recently cleaned it. It is a perfect 5" lower with a bite mark across the bourrelet. The blade below is composed partly of pyrite which is exposed by the bite mark. It looks like a golden slash across the black bourrelet. I knew it was an really cool tooth when I found it but I did not know about the blue enamel, black complete bourrelet or pyrite until I cleaned it. Edited June 29, 2013 by megateeth 1 Megateeth Fossils - Megalodon Teeth, Other Shark Teeth and Info about Megalodon shark tooth collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Position, quality, color, bitten...absolutely world-class! You may as well retire now "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...
Bullsnake Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Beautiful tooth! So, I assume he lost the tooth while chomping on prey, and bit it himself? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachj Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 WOW. that bite mark is awesome! one day i will find a tooth over 3 inches in good conditon haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bev Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Super find! Enter it in the Fossil of the Month contest! The more I learn, I realize the less I know. BluffCountryFossils.NET Fossil Adventure Blog Go to my Gallery for images of Fossil Jewelry, Sculpture & Crafts Pinned Posts: Beginner's Guide to Fossil Hunting * Geologic Formation Maps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Very nice!!!! Gotta love a fossil with a triple crown (big, complete, and tells a story). mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakoMeCrazy Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Very nice tooth! Congrats on the find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 What a find! That tooth is beautiful! Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foshunter Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 The tooth is right up there for the awesome award, the bite mark is something I haven't seen, do you think it was self inflicted?----Tom Grow Old Kicking And Screaming !!"Don't Tread On Me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 ...the bite mark is something I haven't seen, do you think it was self inflicted?----Tom Almost certainly self-inflicted; shed while feeding. "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...
JohnJ Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I really like how the scar captures the moment when the tooth rotated away and the serrations left their mark. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 "Scar" is a good name for this tooth! "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...
JimB88 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 that is an amazing tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 that is an amazing tooth! Agreed! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertman Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 BEAUTIFUL tooth! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Agreed! Agreed 2 Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 I love the lower megs as well. That is a spectacular tooth! Super long shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Stunning find! Congrats! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non-remanié Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ---Wie Wasser schleift den Stein, wir steigen und fallen--- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 "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...
Everhardus Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Stunning tooth, congrats !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterDK Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Thats one beautiful tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 AMAZING!!!!! 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...
Terphunter Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Wow!! Thats a sweet one! LIFE IS SHORT...HUNT HARD!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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