Almost... But Not Quite There Yet.

[Hieronymus]

Here's a find from one of my recent fossil hunts. It's a Cosmopolitodus hastalis that measures 7.2 centimeters, or 2.83 inches.

It's the largest one I've found to date. At 2.8 inches it's aaaalmost at that 3 inch magical boundary, but not quite.

I'll be working on that 3 incher for sure. Age: Pliocene (Piacenzian).

[ibuprofen200mg]

Certainly would be a trip-maker for me, nice find! What kind of area did it come from, i.e. beach, creek, quarry, etc?

[PrehistoricFlorida]

3" is always the goal for makos, but 2.8" is still VERY impressive!! Congrats!

[Hieronymus]

3" is always the goal for makos, but 2.8" is still VERY impressive!! Congrats!

I tend to agree . Seriously though, that one did make my day.

Certainly would be a trip-maker for me, nice find! What kind of area did it come from, i.e. beach, creek, quarry, etc?

It was the trip-maker for me indeed. It's from a temporary outcrop from the port of Antwerp. It's always expanding. You'll always find a spot to hunt for teeth, mostly in suppleted sands that originate from dredging the docks etc, but sometimes you get lucky and you have the chance to search in situ in Pliocene or Miocene deposits, depending on the location of the construction site. The area is extremely diversified. Layers that are 50 centimeters thick may grow very thin or might even disappear 100 metres further down the same construction site, and pop back up a little bit further. The stratigraphic layers in the port area often vary in thickness and prevalence in a short geographic range.

[MakoMeCrazy]

DUDE! what a find. Congrats. That's a really nice one!

[Hieronymus]

Thanks MakoMeCrazy :-)