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Timothy Blackburn posted an image in the group Shocking Shark Teeth from the myFOSSIL app 1 year, 10 months ago
1 year, 10 months ago1 year, 10 months agoDoes anyone know what type of shark this may have belonged to? #fossil
Timothy Blackburn posted an image in the group Shocking Shark Teeth from the myFOSSIL app 1 year, 10 months ago
Does anyone know what type of shark this may have belonged to? #fossil
I would hazard Cosmopolitodus planus (Agassiz, 1856), but a locality where this came from is always helpful.
If I recall correctly it came from Sharktooth Hill in California?
@bill-heim
The current status lists it as Isurus planus as it hasn’t been changed yet. It is obviously not Isurus and probably should have its own genus but that hasn’t been done yet. And yes, it is from Bakersfield, Ca.
Ah, so a Hook- tooth Mako. Thanks!
Mako – planus, STH
this is my newfound curiosity and eagerness to learn, what is it that makes it obviously not Isurus? I’m just a regular person discovering what might be a new passion in collecting fossils