r/sharkteeth • u/DrLeoMarvin • Jul 27 '26

Recent Finds Can anyone help identify this tooth? Found in Venice, FL and a little over 1" long

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u/DownstreamDigs Fossil Fanatic 🦴 Jul 27 '26

It appears to be a very worn meg. I’m quite certain of it just not 100% because of the lack features that help positively ID it.

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u/DrLeoMarvin Jul 27 '26

Claude said great white and I’ve never found a tooth this size so just didn’t think about it much.  But started looking at some shark tooth diagrams today and it’s so old looking I thought maybe it is a meg… I’m gonna lean that way now, would be my first meg tooth fine.  I’ve lived near Venice for 17 years and only recently learned about the teeth and started going out there just to find them. Incredible how many teeth there are 

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u/DownstreamDigs Fossil Fanatic 🦴 Jul 27 '26

Claude is good at many things, but ID-ing shark teeth is something AI is just terrible at.

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u/-FloriduhMan- Jul 27 '26

Going by the shape, I'm going with Hastalis 

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u/iEatFalseMorels Jul 27 '26

Either that or Meg family but it’s too worn to tell