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  • #5724
    Joyce Drakeford
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    #5727
    Victor Perez
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    I’m unsure what you’ve got there. Croc toe wouldn’t be my first guess, but I really don’t know. @joyce-drakeford

    #24412
    Bill Heim
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    Ginglymostoma is the genus of nurse shark most often found at Belgrade.  I have seen an excellent image of an actual Nebrius tooth from there but it was from the Eocene rather than the Oligocene/Miocene formations.  To differentiate the two genus, the center cusp on Ginglymostoma is noticeably much larger than the lateral cusps and stands out as in your tooth.  In Nebrius, the center cusp is larger but not as exaggerated as in Ginglymostoma.  I suspect that by the late Oligocene, Nebrius no longer existed in the Atlantic.

    #24426
    Julie Niederkorn
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    Thank you for the information on the nurse shark teeth at the Belgrade Quarry.  I would like to label the nurse shark teeth that I have collected at the quarry, do you think all of these are Ginglymostoma?

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    #24916
    Eleanor Gardner
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    Hi, @julie-niederkorn!  Perhaps @bill-heim, @vperez, or @rleder could help you with your labels.  I don’t think they received a notification about your post.

    #24921
    Bill Heim
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    Julie @julie-niederkorn, that is a Hemipristis lower anterior tooth.    Here is an image of a large one from Florida.

     

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    #24923
    Bill Heim
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    @julie-niederkorn

    Larger images of the nurse shark teeth would help.   The center 2 teeth are clearly Ginglymostoma as is the second from the right.  Some of the others, I am not so sure.

    #25126
    Julie Niederkorn
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    Thank you Bill @bill-heim,  I am attaching some larger photos of some of the nurse shark teeth.

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    #69799
    T R
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    Are we talking Belgrade MT?

    #70937
    Eleanor Gardner
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    No, this forum is referring to the Martin-Marietta owned Belgrade Mine in Jones County, North Carolina.

    You can read more about the mine here: https://www.myfossil.org/featured-fossil-rare-extinct-land-mammal-from-belgrade-north-carolina/

    #70950
    T R
    Participant

    Thank you for pointing that out.  Is this mine accessible and if so how do you get permission?

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