Notidanodon Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Hi guys, we’ve seen people’s 6 gill and 7 gill teeth, we’ve seen peoples extraordinary common teeth and I thought why not post your single rarest sharks tooth this is mine, incredibly rare from a very small site that has been closed for decades, I haven’t seen another, if you have please tell me 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 That's a fantastic tooth Will. I remember someone found one in the Gault Clay Formation at Folkestone a few years ago. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Great tooth Will. My favourite and rarest shark tooth has to be this one. The species itself is pretty Common, but the location is not. Squalicorax pristodontus Late Cretaceous Congo River DRC This tooth used to be part of a very old collection. I've unfortunately lost the original label. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Kosmoceras said: That's a fantastic tooth Will. I remember someone found one in the Gault Clay Formation at Folkestone a few years ago. Thanks, i heard that was another place in the Uk to find them, ill have to visit folkestone someday, surprisingly i havent done so yet 1 hour ago, gigantoraptor said: Great tooth Will. My favourite and rarest shark tooth has to be this one. The species itself is pretty Common, but the location is not. Squalicorax pristodontus Late Cretaceous Congo River DRC This tooth used to be part of a very old collection. I've unfortunately lost the original label. Very Nice, i love teeth from rare locations, ive never seen one from the DRC before 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 minute ago, will stevenson said: Very Nice, i love teeth from rare locations, ive never seen one from the DRC before The DRC is a rare location, most African fossils come from Morocco, imagine all the hidden fossil locations in Africa. 2 hours ago, will stevenson said: Hi guys, we’ve seen people’s 6 gill and 7 gill teeth, we’ve seen peoples extraordinary common teeth and I thought why not post your single rarest sharks tooth this is mine, incredibly rare from a very small site that has been closed for decades, I haven’t seen another, if you have please tell me 5 “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 anyone else ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I'll bite but I don't get into enough locations with good shark teeth often enough to collect many "rare" teeth. I guess my rarest would be this Eostriatolamia holmdelensis I collected from Western Georgia in the Blufftown Formation (Cretaceous, Campanian). Maybe it's more of an "uncommon" tooth overall but they're also rare from the location. 1.1 cm greatest length. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Haven't seen too many of these, and not many teeth from Galveston, so I guess it's rare. One of my favorite sharks, too. Great Hammerhead Sphyrna mokarran Galveston, TX 9/16" Lower right lateral It's got some wear, these are complete teeth from a modern specimen: 4 Forever a student of Nature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Nice thread Will and it has given me the urge to watch one of my favourite films Jaws again . @ThePhysicist Great tooth , I agree Hammerheads are super cool. I can’t say if the next two teeth up are rare as I don’t know. My juvie Megalodon is from Lee Creek and now a lost location. So that add a rarity to it. Both teeth was Won in this year’s Grand Christmas auction and off Frank . I also used one of Frank’s photos to show possible predation I hope that is ok @Troodon. The next and very beautiful tooth is a C. auriculatus from Harleyville, Santee Limestone, South Carolina Eocene 2" Diagonal. sorry Will if they are not rare but they are sublime and gives your thread a bump. stay safe all Bobby 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 @Bobby Ricothey are sublime indeed thanks for the additions @ThePhysicist nice tooth! @Thomas.Dodson It’s a quality tooth! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britishcanuk Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I like this Cretaceous aged Leptostyrax macrorhiza tooth from Texas. I’d love have a couple more, but they are tough to find. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 I'll throw one more in. It's one of very few that I've seen, even rarer in the Western hemisphere. Cardabiodontid shark Dwardius woodwardi Late Cretaceous Post Oak Creek, Sherman, TX Lower (?) anterior 33 mm 5 Forever a student of Nature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 I have teeth...and I have shark's teeth. But I couldn't say which are rare or not: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/109743-shark-teeth-and-misc/ 2 "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 34 minutes ago, Jesuslover340 said: I have teeth...and I have shark's teeth. But I couldn't say which are rare or not: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/109743-shark-teeth-and-misc/ uhh... ya there's some rare stuff in there. Never seen Helicoprion in a collection. Some really unusual locations, too! Antarctica?? 1 Forever a student of Nature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Maybe not the rarest but one of my favorites. Paraorthacodus clarkii, Paleocene of Maryland 7 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 17 minutes ago, fossilselachian said: Maybe not the rarest but one of my favorites. Paraorthacodus clarkii, Paleocene of Maryland that is a nice paraorthacodus! not too often you see all the cusps intact 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 I’ve got a lot of teeth, but not a lot of rare ones, I’d say my rarest tooth is this (para?)symphyseal Great White shark tooth. I’ve never seen one of these before. I didn’t buy it as symphyseal, but it doesn’t look like a normal tooth to me. Sorry for the horrible pics, it’s very hard to get pics of this one because of the size. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 24 minutes ago, Familyroadtrip said: I’ve got a lot of teeth, but not a lot of rare ones, I’d say my rarest tooth is this (para?)symphyseal Great White shark tooth. I’ve never seen one of these before. I didn’t buy it as symphyseal, but it doesn’t look like a normal tooth to me. Sorry for the horrible pics, it’s very hard to get pics of this one because of the size. Great tooth! My favorite shark. GW doesn't have any symphyseal teeth, it looks like a posterior. How big is it? Forever a student of Nature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Still rare, I’d guess. Not sure though cause I’ve never seen a Great White similar. Measurements are 0.65” long, by 0.50” wide. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 OK first is a rare tooth from an unusual location - Carcharodon hubbelli from the Purisima Formation of northern California - I dug it up the same afternoon that I broke my tailbone in a quarry in the Santa Cruz mountains and needed to walk it off out on the coast. Published in 2011. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Not the rarest tooth in our collection but I had the goblin teeth out and I think this is considered rare. Mitsukurina lineata Miocene Bonpas France I can not remember the actual formation it came from just a well known location for rare deep sea shark teeth. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Untitled Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Since I’ve seen exactly 1 from this locality before, here’s one of my rarest: Dalatias licha (Kitefin Shark) Late Pliocene- Early Pleistocene North Central Java, Indonesia 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 On 10/9/2020 at 12:49 PM, will stevenson said: Hi guys, we’ve seen people’s 6 gill and 7 gill teeth, we’ve seen peoples extraordinary common teeth and I thought why not post your single rarest sharks tooth this is mine, incredibly rare from a very small site that has been closed for decades, I haven’t seen another, if you have please tell me Fantastic rare species from a rare location Will. Excellent example. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 55 minutes ago, Untitled said: Since I’ve seen exactly 1 from this locality before, here’s one of my rarest: Dalatias licha (Kitefin Shark) Late Pliocene- Early Pleistocene North Central Java, Indonesia Great tooth and I would agree super rare if you have the only one ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Upper and lower Heptranchias from the Oligocene of Poland. I think it is a rare enough genus to warrant inclusion here. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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