My other major hobby is collecting shark teeth. It's a great hobby that never gets boring. (And I get bored easily!) I enjoy it not only because of the variety and beauty of the teeth, but it is quite educational if you want it to be. Collecting teeth/fossils encompasses geology, paleontology, geography, taxonomy, etc., which is fun for a nerd like me. Here a few pics that touch the tip of the iceberg. Thanks for looking.



Thanks,

Ed





Here's a picture that shows the size range fossil shark teeth. The tiny spot on the center of the big tooth is a

little tooth from a Cat shark. The big tooth is a "Holy Grail" type of tooth for collectors, it's a 6" megalodon

tooth from Aurora, NC. There is a phosphate mine in Aurora where giant excavators dig up the fossil layers to

get to the phosphate, which is deep down in the ground. The big tooth is 2 to 5 Million Years old, the small one

probably about 10 MYO.





Here's a neat tooth from the lower jaw of an extinct Cow shark. A few types of cow shark exist today, they are

also called 6 gilled and 7 gilled sharks. Their teeth are unique, and also vary in shape/size depending on tooth

position. This one was found in the Atacama Desert, Chile, South America, and is about 2-5 MYO.







This one I found myself in a creek in eastern NC. And yes, I screamed like a little girl when I found it. (Good thing I was in the middle of the woods!) It's a Great White (C. carcharias) tooth. (Same species as the extant Great White.) A little over 2 1/4" long, and less than 2 MYO.







Here's one of my favorites, it's a 5" red/orange/brown megalodon from Meherrin River, NC. (Most megalodon teeth you see are

found in coastal rivers.)





This is a really colorful tooth from an extinct type of mako shark. It was found in Bakersfield, California. (about 10 MYO)

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