My First Meg!!!!!

[eannis6]

I recently took a trip to Brownies beach at the Calvert Cliffs Maryland where I found 130 sharks teeth today one of which I believe to be a juvenile, posterior megalodon tooth. It is, I'm sure, as small as they come. Have any of you found any tiny megs?

[eannis6]

Also, sorry I haven't been on in a while, I have just settled into college!

[2ndoldman]

Good for you. What are you studying?

[eannis6]

Thanks Bruce! I'm studying criminal justice!

[Jethro355]

That's really tiny. Could it be a microdon?😇

Just kidding...how do you know it's a megaladon vs. regular shark? I'm asking because I have no idea....I just always assumed megaldon meant the teeth would be yuge!

[eannis6]

Hahaha! That's funny! I assumed the same thing! However, the shape of the tooth lends itself to megalodon. It certainly is a micromegalodon

[eannis6]

Jethro, it's officially a meg! I had a Calvert county fossil museum worker confirm it!

[Jethro355]

That's a great answer. See, you've taught me something today, so going back to college was a worthy venture after all!!

[sneakygroundbuzzard]

nice find

but im not sure thats a meg tooth,but i am no expert on such matters

i do have a juvenile meg tooth,its about 2 1/2 inches long.just a small one as some can be 5 times that size

no matter what it is,its still a nice find
i love sharks teeth

[eannis6]

Thanks sneakygroundbuzzard! I believe that the 2.5 inch small one you had was a juvenile anterior tooth but I could be wrong. The explanation for this tooths size would be it being located towards the back of the mouth as posterior

[eannis6]

I love finding sharks teeth! Also, check your little ones because I had this one confirmed as belonging to a megalodon by a Calvert county fossil museum worker! I was unsure until tonight! Who knew they could be this small?

[Kyflintguy]

Cool tooth but I don't think its Megladon. Much to small. I'd love to find any myself meg or not...

[eannis6]

It's definitely WAY too small to be an anterior or lateral of even a baby megalodon, but I'm thinking maybe it's a posterior or even further back? Someone said It looked like a juvenile posterior meg and I have to agree, hopefully it's not just wishful thinking:/ haha!

[eannis6]

If you all are interested, check out the fossil forums thread for smallest megalodon teeth....they have found some tiny ones!

[eannis6]

This is an illustration showing how small the back teeth can be on an adult shark, let alone an infant!

[Kyflintguy]

Wow! Never would have thought that...

[tomclark]

Eannis, I'll be right there. Been wanting to find an Ecphora for most of my life. Calvert Cliffs is like a wonderful dream to me!

[eannis6]

That's awesome! Brownies beach aka bayfront park has plenty of ecphora fragments! Most are small, but still very neat! This one I found on the southern part of the beach past the cliff. I hope you find one!

[SDhunter]

I'll be right there too......Wait....that's probably a two thousand mile drive. On second thought, I'll just look at what you guys find.

I did find a sharks tooth out here in SD on a river bank a couple of years ago. I posted it here. Sharks in SD. Now that's something kind of hard to wrap your mind around.

[eannis6]

How neat! That blows ones mind!

[Jethro355]

Ever hear of "Sharknado!!!"??

It's for real, yo!!!

[eannis6]

Haha! That is perfect Jethro XD

[Havenhunter]

Well congrats! I've found plenty of tiny shark teeth along the Rappahannock River but none like that. The Calvert Cliffs are indeed awesome.

[eannis6]

Thanks so much havenhunter! They were absolutely beautiful.

[Tam]

You guys find some very interesting finds on that N East coast down to Fl . I love looking at all your posts and comments .
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