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Leonardo Miranda posted an image in the group Shocking Shark Teeth from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 6 months ago
3 years, 6 months ago3 years, 6 months agoThis shark tooth is still embedded in the rock matrix, unlike most of the others in my collection. I’ve been slowly drilling it off with a Dremel tool, and l find that something like this is a good way to practice for someone just starting to use drills with fossil exposure. The tooth has a smooth distinct surface appearance from the rock, which helps to prevent drilling the wrong thing. And if you slip, remember shark teeth are common and dispensable! @bill-heim I’d appreciate a species ID if you can. And request extra photos if needed!
How many meg teeth have you got?
And do you collect them yourself?
well, this isn’t a meg tooth, so none. and all my teeth are purchased, gifts, or collected decades ago by my parents
@jack-parker-tyreman
Cool
Mako?
@jack-parker-tyreman maybe. I’ll wait for bill’s opinion.
Ok, I wouldn’t say that’s too offensive, as I don’t have that much area of expertise in shark teeth identification. But, why you got to do me like that? 😂😂😂
@jack-parker-tyreman hey, l ain’t offending you! you and l both know that Bill Heim has the final word on these things
the shark tooth God, so to speak
😂😂😂
so far, your opinion seems perfectly good, but he is the one required to have complete reassurance ¯_(ツ)_/¯ @jack-parker-tyreman
I guess
It’s fine
I take it you live in the states
?????
@jack-parker-tyreman actually, l live further from the states than you… all the way down in South Africa in fact!
quite an unexpected location l guess
You know where I live?
England?
I remember
Me, smith and you were discussing stuff in the long chat session
Depending on the age and how thick it is. It would either be Carcharodon hastalis (Miocene) or Carcharodon plicatilis (Pliocene). C. plicatilis descended from C. hastalis becoming wider and thinner. It acquired serrations, evolved into Carcharodon hubbelli and then finally into the existing Carcharodon carcharias.
@bill-heim thanks! @jack-parker-tyreman yes, l was wondering where the iow is, remember?
The IOW is located South, West of London and directly south of Southampton and is separated by the solent which detached it from the mainland 7000/6000 years ago.
It’s in the middle of the south coast
@jack-parker-tyreman yeah, l know now… XD
And is one of the best spots in Europe for hunting dinosaur fossils (early Cretaceous/125 million years ago) and you can find these at fossil sites connected to the ancient Wessex formation. Which, Wessex was what Hampshire and West Sussex used to be called.
l always had a subconscious assumption that it belonged to another nation, and was found deeper in Europe
don’t know why
@jack-parker-tyreman yes, l hear the fossil finds are excellent and diverse there
I see it everyday, as it’s across the water/solent from me/Hampshire mainland
Very good
It’s very diverse in fossils, offering Cretaceous, Oligocene and Eocene fossils
And rarely Pleistocene
@jack-parker-tyreman fascinating!