MakoMeCrazy Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 (edited) I'm a little skeptacle of this one. Do you guys think that the meg was glued into the whale vert? Have you ever seen a tooth naturally embedded in bone like this? Edited November 24, 2013 by MakoMeCrazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 this is a common "display" method for Megs with broken tips. Almost certainly assisted by a homo sapiens. But it is possible to find a tooth stuck in bone, however unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Yup " We're all puppets, I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 I had a friend that did that with all his broken ones.Anything is possible but it's not very probable. Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Glued. I do it all the time, but always disclaimer that it is a piece of art and that they were not found together. If done right, it looks very real and natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wibrown Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 I've seen this photo somewhere else. Who ever had made this stated they used a dremel tool to bore a hole and then glued a broken tooth inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Such "creations" are seen with multiple embedded megs or even with a meg and other fossil shark species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Definitely looks glued. Look under magnification at the two areas where the cutting edges actually penetrate the bone. There should be at least a very slight cut in the bone in line with the cutting edges. The serrations are very worn on the part of the tooth which is outside the vertebra but would not have been water worn on the portion of the tooth that actually penetrated the bone. If you could see unworn serrations in the bone it could be real. Marco Sr. "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...
MakoMeCrazy Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 Ok, thanks everyone. I am definitely not interested in this piece anymore becuase it was glued. It looks pretty sweet to me, but I like shark teeth in their natural form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Hey, it would make a good coat hook if you could mount it on the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 It is definitely possible, and has been recorded in a published example: a Carcharodon hubbelli tooth stuck in a partial mysticete whale mandible from the early Pliocene of Peru. http://palaios.sepmonline.org/content/24/5/329.abstract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 It is definitely possible, and has been recorded in a published example: a Carcharodon hubbelli tooth stuck in a partial mysticete whale mandible from the early Pliocene of Peru. http://palaios.sepmonline.org/content/24/5/329.abstract I forget the museum but I have seen a squalicorx tooth embedded in a piece of bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Here you go. For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Here you go. Very nice! A great find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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