New Members Hopeful Newbie Posted August 2 New Members Share Posted August 2 I found this tooth this morning in Emerald Isle, NC. First shark tooth I’ve ever found. I’m cautious to assume it’s a white tooth but from the very limited knowledge I have it’s my best guess. But judging from the age of it is it possible that it’s a juvenile Meg tooth? I don’t have a ruler or anything I can use for a scale other than what’s in the picture. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Unfortunately, I don't think it is either. I think this may be some other type, like a bull or dusky shark tooth. Wait for some other opinions, however. @MarcoSr @Al Dente @Fin Lover @sixgill pete 2 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...
ynot Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 i think it is a lower snaggletooth, hemipristis sp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 I agree with @Fossildude19 that it is a Carcharhinus. 2 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Hopeful Newbie Posted August 2 Author New Members Share Posted August 2 So is it a fossil? And if so what is it from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 4 minutes ago, Hopeful Newbie said: So is it a fossil? And if so what is it from? Most likely yes it is a fossil. What the other replies said.... read them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Hopeful Newbie Posted August 2 Author New Members Share Posted August 2 Well there was more than one possibility suggested so I’m just looking for clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 26 minutes ago, Hopeful Newbie said: Well there was more than one possibility suggested so I’m just looking for clarification. It's Carcharhinus. Maybe a bull or dusky. I think it is a fossil but not sure. Usually beach found fossil teeth in North Carolina are black or at least very dark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Unfortunately, I don't think it is either. I think this may be some other type, like a bull or dusky shark tooth. Wait for some other opinions, however. @MarcoSr @Al Dente @Fin Lover @sixgill pete I agree it is Carcharhinus. But the color makes me think it is not a fossil but a modern shark tooth. Marco Sr. 1 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark57 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 It's definitely a Carcharhinus. I go to Emerald Isle every year and have found hundreds of shark teeth since they dredged the beach several years ago. The 40 years before they dredged I never found one. When they dredged, they brought up a lot of Pleistocene material. Even found a piece of mammoth tooth enamel. I would confidently say this a fossil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 (edited) Upper anterior tooth from a Carcharhinus sp. There are a number of potential candidates. A ruler or measurement would help. Forgot to add: could you take a photo of the tooth in profile, in order to gauge thickness? Edited August 3 by hemipristis 1 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Yes Carcharhinus sp. likely bull or dusky as others have said. Teeth started showing up on the west end of the beach after the inlet was dredged to open it back up after hurricane Florence. 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...
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