Afrikaner Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 On the weekend was not much with shark teeth but look what I found. The massive Toot or Tusk weighs about 2kg and the Whale Vert about 15kg on Saturday. The other Tooth mammuthus subplanifrons on Sunday was right on top of a gravel patch and everybody walked past . The whale vert stuck out abit of the sand but I had to digg for 10min to get it out and man is that thing huge. Better a bad Day at the Beach than a good Day at the Office! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Wow, imagine the size of the spinal cord that went through that vert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoPutz Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Great finds.. I have seen fossil whale teeth like the one you are holding there before online. I am pretty sure that is what it is. I wish I could be more specific for you, but I really don't know that much about them. Congrats on your success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 wow. some pretty spectacular stuff, there. i too feel like the 2kg find must be a cetacean tooth in that i can't figure out what else it might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Whale tooth... We call them sweet potatoes when they get that size. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metopocetus Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Very nice sperm whale tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
va paleo Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 yes i think john aka atropicallondon is right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I must tell you that the elephant tooth is out of this world! Is that a common species there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 That is a massive whale tooth. I haven't seen too many that large. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 what the heck kind of whale is that from??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoPutz Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Yeah, I haven't seen many sperm whale teeth like that. Most of the ones I have seen are considerably smaller. However, I don't know much about them like I said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What I would give to have a whale tooth that size!! www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 These were from Chile each about a foot long - sperm whale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What I would give to have a whale tooth that size!! And from that location too!!! The Chilean teeth you posted Smilodon are also very nice and also very rare location :)I like them The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikaner Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 quote name='Smilodon' date='31 August 2009 - 12:42 PM' timestamp='1251729738' post='99251'] I must tell you that the elephant tooth is out of this world! Is that a common species there? I don't now but it is a species that lived in southern africa. look I have another one and if you could arrange to have it picked up here I would sell it Better a bad Day at the Beach than a good Day at the Office! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikaner Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What I would give to have a whale tooth that size!! To give you an idea alone the postage would cost you about 70USD plus what ever you would offer for the Tooth Keep well Werner Better a bad Day at the Beach than a good Day at the Office! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I am very surprised to read all this, because whales have baleen plates, but no tooth (they and no tooth (they do not need them since they filter seawater to eat some plankton!). For me, this resembles more one of the tooth mammoth into a bone part. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Coco there are several varieties of toothed whale many living today such as killer whales and sperm whales. There were also several ancient toothed whales Squalodon and Basilosaurus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Ah OK Gatorman. I was surprised because in France, we talk about "whales" when they have baleen plates. If we want to speak about "cachalot" (toothed whales, white and black). I have seen the "cachalot" tooth on the picture, but the last ones are not. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 To give you an idea alone the postage would cost you about 70USD plus what ever you would offer for the Tooth Keep well Werner Therin lies the problem. I have plenty of cool stuff I could trade, but I'm pretty broke cash-wise www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikaner Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Therin lies the problem. I have plenty of cool stuff I could trade, but I'm pretty broke cash-wise What about some nice Megs? Better a bad Day at the Beach than a good Day at the Office! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Ah OK Gatorman. I was surprised because in France, we talk about "whales" when they have baleen plates. If we want to speak about "cachalot" (toothed whales, white and black). I have seen the "cachalot" tooth on the picture, but the last ones are not. Coco Coco, I understand your confusion as the French word for whale is "baleine" and "cachalot" for sperm whale. Does this mean that there is not a common word for toothed whales and baleen whales together as a group? Would one use "cetace" or is that a scientific term? Does "cachalot" also refer to all toothed whales in certain contexts? I have a good French-English dictionary but it can't account for all senses of all words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Hi Siteseer, I will try to reply with latin names, it is the best way to be understood. Whales with baleen plates are "mysticètes" : - "baleine" (whale) is Megaptera novaeangliae, Balaenopteridae family, - "rorqual" is Balaenoptera genus (Balaenoptera physalus). Whales with teeth are "odontocètes". - "cachalot" is Physeter macrocephalus, Physeteridae family - "orque" or "épaulard" is Orcinus orca, - dauphin (dolphin) is Delphinidae or Platanistidae family, - "marsouin" is Phocoena phocoena vomerina, Phocoena phocoena phocoena or Phocoena phocoena relicta - "narval" is Monodon monoceros, Monodontidae family. With all these latin names, you have possibility to hunt them on the web to see the differences. Here is a very interesting link (in french, but perhaps you can automaticaly traduce it) http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacea I hope this will help you (and your frenche language). Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Hi Siteseer, I will try to reply with latin names, it is the best way to be understood. Whales with baleen plates are "mysticètes" : - "baleine" (whale) is Megaptera novaeangliae, Balaenopteridae family, - "rorqual" is Balaenoptera genus (Balaenoptera physalus). Whales with teeth are "odontocètes". - "cachalot" is Physeter macrocephalus, Physeteridae family - "orque" or "épaulard" is Orcinus orca, - dauphin (dolphin) is Delphinidae or Platanistidae family, - "marsouin" is Phocoena phocoena vomerina, Phocoena phocoena phocoena or Phocoena phocoena relicta - "narval" is Monodon monoceros, Monodontidae family. With all these latin names, you have possibility to hunt them on the web to see the differences. Here is a very interesting link (in french, but perhaps you can automaticaly traduce it) http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacea I hope this will help you (and your frenche language). Coco Hi Coco, Okay, thanks for the link. Yes, I was able to read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Hi Coco, Okay, thanks for the link. Yes, I was able to read it. ---------------------------------------------- Hey guys, a perfect example of why you use scientific nomenclature - no doubts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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