arien Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Just found my 3 Somniosus microcephalus upper in my matrix Enjoy greats Arien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acryzona Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Congratulations. Nice tooth. How long is it and what age? Collecting Microfossils - a hobby concerning much about many of the little paraphrased from Dr. Robert Kesling's book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Arien, That's a great one. I've seen several lowers but maybe just 2 or 3 uppers. Jess Just found my 3 Somniosus microcephalus upper in my matrix Enjoy greats Arien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Arien Really nice tooth!!!! I wish we could find Somniosinae in the US. I've only seen them from the Cretaceous Pecan Gap Chalk of Texas. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arien Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 Hi This tooth messures 1 cm long and 4 mm wide and it is pliocene in age Greats Arien van Oord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Neat tooth. Never heard of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arien Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Yeah Rick where you guys find the nicest Megalodons we found the nicest smaller teeth there have to be a diverence LoL I Found several lowers but only three uppers so they are rater rare over here as wel Greats Arien van Oord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Marco Sr., There are two other sites/areas I know of: Scymnodon, represented by a single tooth, is known from the Late Pleistocene of Newport Bay, Orange County, California (see Welton, 1981); "?Scymnodon" is known from the latest Oligocene (or earliest Miocene) of Mendocino County, California (see Phillips, Welton, and Welton, 1976). Several years ago, I tried to locate the Mendocino County site on two occasions but failed - not a scrap of a fossil found. Jess Phillips, F.J,, B.Welton, and J. Welton. 1976.. Paleontologic Studies of the Middle Tertiary Skooner Gulch and Galloway Formations at Point Arena, California. In Fritsche, A.E., H.T. Best, Jr., and W.W. Wornardt (eds.). The Neogene Symposium: selected papers on paleontology, sedimentology, petrology, tectonics, geologic history of the Pacific Coast of North America.. Annual Meeting Pacific Section SEPM San Francisco, California. April 1976. pp.137-154. Welton, B.J. 1981. Svmnodon ?ringens a New Addition to the Ichthyofauna of the Late Pleistocene Palos Verdes Sand at Newport Bay Mesa, Orange County, California. Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 80(2): 49-59. Arien Really nice tooth!!!! I wish we could find Somniosinae in the US. I've only seen them from the Cretaceous Pecan Gap Chalk of Texas. Marco Sr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Several years ago, I tried to locate the Mendocino County site on two occasions but failed - not a scrap of a fossil found.JessWelton, B.J. 1981.Scymnodon ?ringens a New Addition to the Ichthyofauna of the Late Pleistocene Palos Verdes Sand at Newport Bay Mesa, Orange County, California. Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 80(2): 49-59. Jess Thank you for the references. I wasn't aware of Scymnodon from the US. I was able to download the Southern California Acad. Sci. 80(2): 49-59 from their website. I'll try e-mailing Bruce to see if I can find out anything more about the Mendocino County site. If I do. I'll PM you. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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