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 well talking about Hexanchus........
 
 11/20/2008 3:41:11 AM
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well talking about Hexanchus........
has anyone found a Hexanchus gigas from calvert cliffs?
 11/20/2008 3:19:42 PM
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Re: well talking about Hexanchus........
I've heard a few stories about folks finding a H. gigas, and I've seen a pic of what looks like a lower symphyseal H. gigas (1.25" wide).  I've never seen an upper or lower H. gigas in person from Calvert Cliffs.  It would be the absolute center piece of my collection if I had one.

Daryl.
 11/21/2008 12:27:30 AM
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Re: well talking about Hexanchus........
well i was saying this because i found a h. gigas upper a few weeks back. its 1 1/4 wide and over 1 1/4 long, took it to the calvert marine museum and Stephen Godfrey took some pictures of it and thinks that it is a h. gigas
 11/21/2008 3:44:13 AM
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Re: well talking about Hexanchus........

Wow.  I'd love to see a pic of it.  I'm real curious to know where along the cliffs you found it.  I know there isn't going to be another just lying there in the same place, but I've heard that some of the rarer species of sharks (ie. Paratodus, A. grandis) when found, are usually from the beaches south of areas like Brownies and Willows. 

Daryl.

 11/24/2008 3:52:51 AM
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Re: well talking about Hexanchus........
http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=12567

here is a picture of the tooth
 11/24/2008 4:33:35 AM
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Re: well talking about Hexanchus........

Thanks for sharing the pic.  Cool tooth.  I knew that it must be a lateral tooth given the size you indicated.  I'm a little surprised that cusp after the main cone is recurved back towards the main crown.  I see that alot on upper Hex teeth.  Besides the size, I think what helps to ID the tooth are the serrations on the mesial edge of the main cone.  Sevengill upper lateral teeth have serrations but not as many. 

Daryl.

 11/24/2008 3:18:06 PM
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Re: well talking about Hexanchus........
I actually meant to say "I'm a little surprised that the second cone is not recurved back towards the main cone".  I went and looked at the Hex teeth on elasmo under Lee Creek and see that sometimes that second cone is recurved or bent backwards towards the main cone, and sometimes it's not - I guess it's position dependent perhaps.

Daryl.
 11/24/2008 3:39:42 PM
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Re: well talking about Hexanchus........
yea there are some sites that i saw that had hex teeth and none of the cones recurved.
 12/14/2008 4:17:19 PM
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Re: well talking about Hexanchus........
well the tooth is now in the Ecphora if you want to see the tooth and tony's hemi email me at bmorefossilhunter@yahoo.com or if your a memeber then you can wait for it to come
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