Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Recently just got back from a trip on Tybee Island! During this trip I went out looking for shark teeth several times a day, and even did a tour with Sundial Charters! Overall in 6 days I found over 150 shark teeth and countless other fossils! I'll be posting them on here! Here's the coolest tooth I found actually on Tybee, I believe it's a Great Hammerhead. 1 2 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Here's another interesting tooth I found on Tybee, Sandtiger perhaps? 1 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 During this trip I seemed to have a knack for finding pathological teeth! Here's one of them, it's a double cusped Sand Tiger! 3 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Perhaps most impressive are the fossils I found while on the Savanah River! Here's my favorite tooth from the whole trip, it's a pathological Great White with two tips! I've never seen another GW like this and would love to see anyone else's! 13 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Here's my best "Frag-lodon" from my trip! "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Here's my bullshark teeth I found this year and last year! This shows the amazing variety of colors that can be found on Tybee! 1 1 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 My friend Kaytelynne taught me some great skills for finding fossils, and that definitely shows. Here's comparing my finds from this year to last year! "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared C Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 That pathological GW would make a good entry into VFOTM if you found it this month in my opinion 4 “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think” -Werner Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Jared C said: That pathological GW would make a good entry into VFOTM if you found it this month in my opinion Found it April 1st so I'll send it in! 1 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Jared C said: That pathological GW would make a good entry into VFOTM if you found it this month in my opinion I'm not seeing the submission page yet. Hopefully I'll remeber once it comes out! "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 One of my favorite finds during my trip were these pufferfish mouth plates! 2 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Here's most of the Mako teeth I found on the Savanah River in just two hours! Pretty insane! 2 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 That patho great white is very very cool. 1 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 Here's all the Great White teeth I found! I've always found the hollow teeth interesting and do my best to preserve them! "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 As my username would suggest, I'm a HUGE fossil fish fan! So drum teeth are one of my favorite finds aswell! 1 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 Here's an interesting Mako tooth, is this curve do to ocean currents during preservation or is this one pathological? 2 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Dmaver Posted April 6, 2022 New Members Share Posted April 6, 2022 Great finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared C Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 12 hours ago, Mioplosus_Lover24 said: Here's an interesting Mako tooth, is this curve do to ocean currents during preservation or is this one pathological? Ocean currents wouldn't be able to sculpt a tooth like that. I have very little idea of how a Mako should actually look, but if that highly curved end is organic “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think” -Werner Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 19 hours ago, Mioplosus_Lover24 said: Here's an interesting Mako tooth, is this curve do to ocean currents during preservation or is this one pathological? For this to have happened as a result of ocean currents the tooth would've had to have a high degree of plasticity prior to fossilization. And while it may be possible to make bone brittle by removing collagen or more plastic using different methods (I believe, but can't find any information on that any more now), enamel is a highly mineralised substance that is less prone to these kinds of chemically driven processes that, moreover, would not normally occur in nature. As such, I'd say this tooth is pathological! 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 3 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: For this to have happened as a result of ocean currents the tooth would've had to have a high degree of plasticity prior to fossilization. And while it may be possible to make bone brittle by removing collagen or more plastic using different methods (I believe, but can't find any information on that any more now), enamel is a highly mineralised substance that is less prone to these kinds of chemically driven processes that, moreover, would not normally occur in nature. As such, I'd say this tooth is pathological! Thanks! "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 Here's my two nicest Mako shark teeth I found! 1 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 Still on the hunt for a good large Hemipristis... someday! 2 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members mph151 Posted April 17 New Members Share Posted April 17 I am not sure I will get an answer to this older blog. I will be going to Savannah and Tybee Island at end of. Can you tell me where exactly to go looking for shark teeth? I will take my 9yearold daughter that wants to be a paleontologist or a geologist when she grows up. Also where are some places I can take her that not too far from Duluth GAMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automech Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Hi. These were all beach finds. And, the OP mentioned the Savanah river. That would be a good place to start. You can't get any more exact than that. They also mentioned chartering a tour. Which is also a good way to find fossils. You can try searching the database on this site for "Tybee Island" for clues. Sometimes, on YouTube, people post videos of their fossil hunts. You can try that. A little bit of sleuthing will help make a productive trip. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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