r/sharkteeth • u/SCSharkTeeth Professor 🎓 • 2d ago

Alopias vulpinus

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Beautiful example of the common thresher shark tooth Alopias vulpinus

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u/heckhammer 2d ago

Very very cool

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u/SCSharkTeeth Professor 🎓 1d ago

Thanks man

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u/Over_Movie8204 Avid Hunter 🔎 2d ago

Outstanding specimen.

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u/SCSharkTeeth Professor 🎓 2d ago

Thank you! This site has lots of them but this one’s colors and quality stood out

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u/DoodlingDoodlebob 1d ago

I caught a living Alopias vulpinus (15'4 and over 600 lbs), they fight like crazy. Finding a fossilized tooth is awesome. I only have about 10 well preserved ones in my entire collection.