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1. How to Post Pictures on Black River Fossils Forums by ditchweezil
2. How to Post Pictures on Black River Fossils Forums by Daryl
According to Dr. Kent's book "Fossil Sharks of the Chesapeake Bay Region", Carcharodon carcharias teeth are present but rare in the Calvert formation. I have never found one here, or even seen one that someone else had found here, and I was wondering if any of the Bay hunters here have ever found a fossil Great White tooth from the Bay. I'm not looking for GPS locations or anything, just some anecdotal evidence (besides the book) that finding one is possible.
I realize that by asking, I'm probably ensuring that I will never find one.
Tom
Hi Tom,
Although I never found any teeth in the Chesapeake Bay Region, I only visited the region one day and knwe to little about the good locations back then I did managed to receive one by trading. It's a small posterior and missing a small piece from the root, but none the less a great-little white from the Chesapeake. So the must be out there somewhere!
Greetings from Norway!
Martijn
Martijn, I'd love to see a picture of the little great white you describe. I have never found one, nor have I ever seen one from the Chesapeake Bay. I know some teeth are supremely rare here. I think the rarest shark teeth from the Bay are the six-gill cowshark Hexanchus gigas, the bramble shark, the parotodus, and then the serrated giant thresher. I have seen a hexanchus and serrated giant thresher before from the Bay, and I have found a couple specimens of the bramble and parotodus.
Daryl.
Hi Daryl,
This is the tooth I was talking about. It was labeled to be found in the Plum Point region.
Take care,