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Diseased, Infected, Injured, Arthritic, or otherwise Pathologic Fossil Shark Vertebra
Colleton County, South Carolina, USA - Unidentified - Shark |
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Here's a first on my list of finds, a diseased, infected, injured, arthritic, or otherwise pathologic fossil shark vertebra. Not sure which because all of those could cause this.... |
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Nice Sand Tiger from the Potomac River
Potomac River, Maryland, USA - Unidentified - Shark |
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Not exactly sure if this tooth is a Hypotodus verticalis. If anyone could confirm that would be great.... |
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7" primitive shark finspine
Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA - Unidentified - Shark |
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possibly hybodont, possibly another unknown to NJ taxa... |
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Unidentified Eocene Shark Tooth
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Unidentified - Shark |
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This is another tooth that I found shifting through the green cap material. It looks almost like a juvenile auriculatus. ... |
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1/8" Shark Denticle
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA - Unidentified - Shark |
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This is one of the goodies you get when you look for micro fossils - its a shark denticle. ... |
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6 associated, fused shark vertebrae
Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA - Unidentified - Shark |
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This is quite a find! From time to time, I find complete shark vertebrae, but finding a whole column of them is rare indeed! Undoubtedly, the shark that owned these was buried at death. That's about the only way the disks survive this way.... |
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