traveltip1 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) This riker mount displays the best shark teeth that I collected on 3 hunts sifting at Douglas Point beach, Charles County, Maryland. This is the Paleocene Aquia Formation. Bottom row contains several Odotus teeth. There are many goblin shark Anomotodon and sand tiger shark Carcharias. Also appears to be one pygmy white shark Paleocarcharodon in lower left corner. Edited April 7, 2021 by traveltip1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil_Adult Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On the bottom left there seems to be a bull shark tooth also, which is strange because they weren’t around at that time. It’s to the left of the paleo charcarodon. Nice finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bthemoose Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Nice! The Palaeocarcharodon is an especially great find. The Carcharhinus sp. tooth @Fossil_teenager points out is presumably either an accidental drop or the result of a parent seeding the beach with out-of-place shark teeth for their kid (which of course shouldn’t be necessary in such a productive area). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Nice display! Thanks for posting it. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 hours ago, traveltip1 said: This riker mount displays the best shark teeth that I collected on 3 hunts sifting at Douglas Point beach, Charles County, Maryland. This is the Paleocene Aquia Formation. Bottom row contains several Odotus teeth. There are many goblin shark Anomotodon and sand tiger shark Carcharias. Also appears to be one pygmy white shark Paleocarcharodon in lower left corner. Great case!! Love those Palaeocarcharodon’s & Otodus’! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiHunter Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Wow--that's a great collection! I love the otodus and especially the pygmy white shark tooth. Just goes to show how uncommon they are! BTW, do you, by chance ride down to the beach on a motorbike (or similar). My daughter and I ran into a screener there a few weeks back who rode his gear in. (Sure beats carrying it all!) Just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rand95 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Great finds. I really need to display my teeth like you have yours, in a riker mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokietech96 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Great finds and display! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Congratulations. Your display reminds me of the sheer abundance of Striatolamia striata teeth one encounters in the Aquia at Douglas Point. IMPRESSIVE! At least a couple of the Otodus teeth look fairly perfect! Have to get back there sometime. I have enjoyed my time wading in the Potomac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Neck Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Nice work. Those places use to have little to know traffic. Now it's 20-50 people there. Can't even find a parking spot anyone. I've started to stop going there. Nice work again btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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