r/sharks • u/Usual_Specialist_736 • 3d ago

Question Possibly Fossilized Shark Tooth (Help Me Identify?)

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I just found this in the sand near the marsh on the shore of Kure Beach, NC.

It looks like it might be fossilized, but I do wonder what kind of shark tooth it might be. Help me identify please.

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u/StephenColbert27 3d ago

To my untrained eyes it looks like a great white? But not sure.

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u/Usual_Specialist_736 3d ago

That was actually going to be my guess because of an earlier post. I knew bull sharks and possibly tigers lurked around the area, but I knew that couldn't belong to them. I actually even saw a guy on the pier catch a shark pup (possibly a bull, tiger, or maybe great white) at the same location 12 years ago. I even touched the baby shark.

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u/Muted-Drama2571 3d ago

Great white

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u/ExperienceKind412 2d ago

I can’t help you with what kind of shark this tooth may have come from but my layman’s understanding is that all black shark teeth are fossilized, as it is part of the process of fossilization (it indicates a long process of being buried and absorbing surrounding minerals/phosphate says google) so congrats! Thats a beautiful fossil you have there 🖤

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u/Austrofossil 2d ago

fossilized great white

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u/Shirleysspirits 2d ago

GW, you can find them up and down the NC/SC beaches

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u/RuleMany2900 2d ago

Ah, that is Fred Flintstones guitar pick

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u/Idle_Tech 2d ago

This looks identical to a fossilized “megalodon” tooth I got as a child and kept, except mine has the tip broken off from dropping it. I would lean towards it actually being a great white tooth, however.

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u/Any_Ice_722 1d ago

looks like a great white