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Cow Shark Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Excellent preservation on this specimen. I found this tooth in March 2012.
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Large Cow Shark Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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A very large Notorhyncus primigenius. I mistakenly identified this one as a Hexanchus gigas at first. This tooth was found in February 2011.
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Cow Shark Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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My first pristine cow shark tooth from the Pliocene land site. I found this one back in December of 2010.
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Cow Shark Tooth from the SC Lowcountry
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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The second quality cow shark tooth from the Pliocene land site in the SC Lowcountry. Cow shark teeth are not a common find here so I'm pretty excited.... |
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Pair of cow shark teeth
Potomac River, Maryland, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Two cow shark teeth plucked from the Calvert formation. The larger specimen has all 7 tips. ... |
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Cow Shark Tooth
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Cow Shark Teeth are super rare in South Carolina, and this one is so beautifully preserved that it must have fallen directly to the ocean floor and been covered up immediately. The only other place I've seen cow shark teeth this nice is Aurora. The root is shiny because I applied preservative to prevent the razor thin root from degrading.... |
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Aurora/Lee Creek Cow Sharks
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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I"m having probs posting photos in the forums, so en lieu of posting in the "Let's See Pics of your displays", I figured I"d post some this way.
Here are my Cow Shark Teeth from Aurora/Lee Creek. Only a few are from Pungo, most are Yorktown Teeth... |
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Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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IMO, This is my wife's best find this weekend. Funny story... When we first got into the pit, I was looking for teeth to show my wife the type of deposits to look in to find teeth. I spotted a little outcropping of Yorktown with a bull shark tooth on a little pedestal. I called her over and told her to look in front of me. She bends down, looks for a minute, and then picks up this tooth. She didn't see the one I saw, but found the awesome one I missed!... |
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Aurora Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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I found this one in the Yorktown and it’s a gem. ... |
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Yorktown Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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A beautiful Yorktown Cow Shark tooth I found during my most recent trip to the Lee Creek mine in Aurora North Carolina. ... |
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Lee Creek Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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A beautiful Lee Creek Cow Shark Tooth I found walking a gigantic mound of Pungo formation. ... |
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Aurora Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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I found this Aurora Cow Shark tooth in the footprints of another collector. Surely they would have picked up this tooth had they seen it. They must have been looking for a big megalodon sitting out in the open and just missed it. Anytime people ask my advice how to find the big shark teeth in Aurora, I always tell them to look for the little ones. Its easy to see a big tooth sitting out in the open, but how often do you see that anymore? Almo... |
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Pungo Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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A nice cow shark tooth. ... |
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Nice Upper Cow Shark
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Nice Upper Cow Shark |
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1" cow shark tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Ground shot of nice lower cow shark tooth. ... |
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Cow Shark Teeth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Two beauties both the same size in almost pristine condition.... |
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Nice Aurora Cow Shark
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Nice Aurora Cow Shark |
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Nice Cow shark
Craven County, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Nice Cow shark |
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Sweet Center
Calvert County, Maryland, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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laying on the beach looking for a home and along I came... |
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1" Yorktown cow shark
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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The best one of my collection so far. ... |
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Pathologic Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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I found this nice cow shark tooth in the Yorktown formation, and I assumed it was Hexanchus. I showed it to Pat Y. at the end of the day, and she was kind enough to tell me the difference. You can draw a straight line down the cones on Notorynchus teeth, while the primary cone on a Hexanchus is out of whack and messes up the straight line, even on juvenile specimens. Even though its not what I initially thought it was, it has a pathologic curvature to one of the cones ... |
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Lee Creek Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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I found this crossing a mound of Pungo towards the end of the day on the way back to the bus. I was getting worried I wouldn't find one. I don't find these often in SC, so I like to find one when I go to Lee Creek.... |
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Lee Creek Notorhynchus teeth.
North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Here is a group of Notorhynchus teeth I collected in the Lee Creek mine near Aurora, North Carolina. Most of these I found myself, in the Pliocene Yorktown Formation and they were collected over a number of years. This frame has the best lower Notorhynchus teeth, from Lee Creek, that I have in my collection. I took the picture just as the sun was setting and it didn't turn out as well as I would have liked. ... |
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Lee Creek Notorynchus Primigenius Set
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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This is an unassociated set of 7-gill cowshark teeth (N. primigenius) from Lee Creek. It includes both the lower symphyseal, and the even rarer it seems upper symphyseal.... |
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Upper Cow Shark tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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This is one of my best specimens. ... |
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Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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A awesome cow shark tooth from the pungo.... |
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1" Pungo Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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A awesome cow shark tooth from the pungo.... |
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Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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A smaller, nearly perfectly preserved upper cow shark tooth. I found it only a few feet a way from the larger cow shark tooth I found on this trip to Lee Creek.... |
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Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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A superhero! I always look forward to finding a cow shark tooth when I hunt Aurora.... |
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1" Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Not a bad cow shark tooth with most of the root complete and it has really nice colors too.... |
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3/4" Notorynchus primigenius Tooth
Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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This was probably my best tooth of the day. The root is mostly gone but the blade is in awesome shape with a great blue color.... |
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Cow shark teeth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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A nice upper and lower. ... |
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Cow shark tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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A very nice upper jaw specimen.... |
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Cow shark tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Cow shark tooth |
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Cow shark tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Cow shark tooth |
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Cow shark tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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One of the best cow shark teeth I've ever found.... |
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3/8" Cow Shark Tooth
Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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This is my best Cow shark tooth from NJ to date.... |
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3/4" Cow shark tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Repaired specimen... |
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5/8" Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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My 1st nice cow shark tooth from Aurora.... |
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Cow Shark
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Cow Shark |
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9/16" Parasymphysial Cow Shark Tooth
Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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In this stream I have found 5 cow shark teeth total, 2 being near perfect upper symphysials. Now that's a ratio.... |
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3/4" Parasymphysial Cow Shark Tooth
Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Another great find from "The Spot". Even though this stream doesn't seem to have an over-abundance of teeth, it's ones like this that keep me coming back! Thanks for the ID M4.... |
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3/4" Parasymphysial Cow Shark Tooth
Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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Another great find from "The Spot". Even though this stream doen't seem to have an over-abundance of teeth, it's ones like this that keep me coming back!Thanks for the ID M4.... |
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3/4" Unidentified Shark Tooth
Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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This was the only significant find during one quick hunting trip. It appears to be some kind of cow shark or bramble shark tooth, but is unlike any I have ever seen.... |
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3/4" Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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3/4" Cow Shark Tooth |
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15/16" Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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One of my goals every time I go to Aurora is to find a nice Cow shark tooth since we don't find many of them here in Summerville, SC, where I live. This is a little gem that fulfilled that hope for me on my fall 2003 trip to Aurora, NC.... |
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1/2" Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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1/2" Cow Shark Tooth |
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3/4" Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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3/4" Cow Shark Tooth |
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3/4" Cow Shark Tooth
Calvert County, Maryland, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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A cow my first day at the cliffs! Not Bad!... |
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3/4" Upper Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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To date, this is the best Cow shark tooth I've found. Fabulous preservation!... |
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3/4" Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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3/4" Cow Shark Tooth |
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1/2" Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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This was among the last teeth I found today, and its one of the rarest teeth in my collection. Its an upper anterior cow shark tooth - the one right next to the parasymphesial. It wasn't on top of the pile, either. I found it raking, and I nearly missed it. Glad I didn't! Its a total drooler for a tooth dork like me!... |
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3/8" Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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When I found this tooth, I was satisfied that my hunt had been successful. Everything else I found was gravy after this one. When I found it, I was in the most intense part of my search. My nose was literally a foot from the ground!... |
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15/16" Cow Shark Tooth
Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina, USA - Notorynchus primigenius |
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My expectation for my trip to Aurora was to find one of these. It was the first of the nice teeth I found. Its not be the best one out there, but as my first complete specimen, it will always have a special spot in my cases.... |
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