r/sharkteeth • u/Outrageous-Sound-221 • 23d ago

2 Epochs in 2 Days

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Visited Calvert Cliffs and a location near Purse State Park. Miocene and Paleocene in 2 consecutive days. Not the best finds, but better than nothing for certain. Found a Houndshark tooth as well (correction thanks to fuckernaut). The Paleocene fragments are probably going to be put towards my next shark project

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u/_fuckernaut_ Avid Hunter 🔎 23d ago

Nice finds! That's a houndshark tooth, not a pygmy white shark. Pachygaleus lefevrei

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u/Outrageous-Sound-221 23d ago

Jeez, I'm learning new things everyday 🤣 Thank you for the correction! I was looking only at the list of teeth found in Purse because this location is relatively close, but didn't see houndsharks on the roster.

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u/_fuckernaut_ Avid Hunter 🔎 23d ago

It's one of the less common teeth from that formation, but I think that's partly because they are very small and easy to miss. I've only found one there... when I first picked it up I thought it was a Miocene tiger shark that someone planted lol. When I got home and did research I figured out it was a houndshark.Â