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Lemon Shark Tooth With Cusps?


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im not sure what species of shark this tooth came from? it looks like a lemon shark tooth but it has 2 small cusps...found it in Gainesville - Fla in a creek

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Maybe an eroded "sand-tiger"?

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Not sure what kind of tooth it is but I like the color, looks baby blue. Good luck on finding more.:)

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Not had to much luck with shark tooth ids lately, but it looks like a lower Carcharhinus sp. or a slightly pinched lemon shark tooth to me.

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no one has ever found any sand tigers in Gainesville Florida and to me it doesnt look like a sand tiger.

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no one has ever found any sand tigers in Gainesville Florida and to me it doesnt look like a sand tiger.

Have to say Carcharias teeth have been found in Gainesville, I've found one and several friends have found others, all were very small and super rare, almost micros. Doesn't really look like true cusps on this tooth. Does look like a Lemon shark tooth, I would say it is pathological, since the lateral teeth have serrations on the shoulders of the root, this one just carried on partially to the anterior. Great find

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what makes you say not sand tiger ? just curious

Earthdog,

Sand tigers don't have roots shaped like that. Even a tooth with weirdly eroded roots wouldn't look like that. It does look like an anterior lemon shark.

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i agree with siteseer...

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