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Amanda Fina became a registered member 1 year, 7 months ago
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Amanda Fina posted a new activity comment 1 year, 7 months ago
1 year, 7 months ago1 year, 7 months ago@bill-heim even though we’ve had sharks the last 2 years patrolling our beaches? Or you mean this old?
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Amanda Fina posted a new activity comment 1 year, 7 months ago
1 year, 7 months ago1 year, 7 months ago@mason-hintermeister if you have updates please keep me in the loop! Very curious!
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Amanda Fina posted a new activity comment 1 year, 7 months ago
1 year, 7 months ago1 year, 7 months ago@mason-hintermeister I reached into the water before it got scooped up by the waves
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Amanda Fina posted a new activity comment 1 year, 7 months ago
1 year, 7 months ago1 year, 7 months ago@mason-hintermeister thanks for this info! Adding more pics and info to see if that helps!
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Amanda Fina posted a new activity comment 1 year, 7 months ago
1 year, 7 months ago1 year, 7 months agoWhy is it black?
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Amanda Fina posted a new specimen in the group Shocking Shark Teeth from the myFOSSIL app. 1 year, 7 months ago
1 year, 7 months ago1 year, 7 months agoAmanda Fina has contributed specimen mFeM 132094 to myFOSSIL!
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I think possibly mako or great white
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Why is it black?
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@amanda-fina the colors of teeth can very a lot, it kind of depends on geographical location, what minerals are in the area and how well the tooth preserved
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@amanda-fina very nice find! This is likely a worn great white tooth, definitely fossilized which is an unusual find for long island. I wonder if it is truly from here or if one was dropped by a fossil hunter/parent seeding beach for a kid or traded by native peoples. If it truly is from the island, then it is likely Pleistocene (ice age) in age.…[Read more]
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@mason-hintermeister thanks for this info! Adding more pics and info to see if that helps!
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Perfect! I’ll mark this post research grade
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@mason-hintermeister I reached into the water before it got scooped up by the waves
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@amanda-fina nice get! It’s a really cool find. Some other fossils have been found from the offshore deposits of the bight, but none very diagnostic age-wise. Today, it’s a great white nursery!
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@mason-hintermeister if you have updates please keep me in the loop! Very curious!
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Long Island is formed from a terminal glacial moraine. It is formed of rocks that were basically scraped off the rest of New York. It is highly unlikely (not impossible but highly unlikely) that a shark tooth came from there. More likely it was dropped by someone. This should not be research grade.
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@bill-heim even though we’ve had sharks the last 2 years patrolling our beaches? Or you mean this old?
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That tooth is probably around 15 million years old.
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Amanda Fina joined the group Shocking Shark Teeth 1 year, 7 months ago
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