-
Paige Watson posted a new specimen in the group FOSSILblitz from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 7 months ago
3 years, 7 months ago3 years, 7 months agoPaige Watson has contributed specimen mFeM 87003 to myFOSSIL!
Paige Watson posted a new specimen in the group FOSSILblitz from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 7 months ago
Paige Watson has contributed specimen mFeM 87003 to myFOSSIL!
FOSSIL UPLOAD
First, make sure you have a myFOSSIL account, this is required to upload your fossil information. If you are interested in seeing if your fossil can be used for research purposes, please follow through the following steps. They walk you through the information needed and why it is helpful for other scientists to use it for research questions. Even if the information you have on your fossil is not enough to be used for research purposes it will still benefit the community through educational means and help others identify their fossils. Specimens that have sufficient information will be uploaded to iDigBio and GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) for public accessibility.
If you have already gone through the stepwise process that explains each piece of data please click through to a summary tab where you can enter in your specimen data on a single page.
Data Quality Information Page
Hemipristis lower teeth except the thin one which is probably a sand tiger (and the tiger shark in the upper right)
@bill-heim thanks! I keep finding more and more and it is interesting to know what they are. Any idea how to tell how old the teeth are? Some are darker in color than others. Brown, black, grayish
Color has nothing to do with age. Color is produced by the minerals from the material it was buried in changing the chemistry of the tooth. Teeth that end up in the water tend to be dark brown or blackish due to a chemical reaction with phosphate in the teeth. The location and soil/rock layers they come from will allow you to determine the age.
sand tigers