Shark & Ray teeth
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Shark & Ray teeth
Shark teeth are the most common found fossils of vertebrates. Not only because sharks already evolved in the Devonian, but also because their teeth are hard and easily fossilize and because a shark constantly replaces them. A shark has several rows of teeth, and can produce up to 15,000 teeth during its life. Other parts of a shark rarely fossilize. A shark skeleton consists of cartilage that hardly fossilizes since it is very soft.
The biggest shark that ever lived was Carcharodon megalodon. It was a white shark species that lived in the Miocene and Pliocene. It must have grown to about 15-18 m (50-60 ft) in length. Carcharodon teeth can be 20 cm (8 in) long. The height of its wide open jaws must have been about 1,5 m (5 ft). Its main food source were probably whales. Luckily it’s extinct!
While sharks have sharp, pointed teeth, rays have teeth with flattened surfaces that fit together like a mosaic to form bony plates. Many rays use these plates to crush the shells of invertebrate prey.
Bibliography:
La faune de l’Yprésien de la Belgique, E. Casier, 1946, Musée Royal d’Histoire Naturelle de Belgique (Brussels, Belgium)
Les poissons tertiaires de la Belgique, M. Leriche, 1951, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Brussels, Belgium)
Die Selachier und Chimären des unteren Meeressandes und Schleichsandes im Mainzer Becken, T. Reinecke, 2001, Palaeo Publ. (Mortsel, Belgium)
Fossil shark teeth of the world, J. Cocke, 2002, Lamna Books (Torrance, US)
Megalodon, hunting the hunter, M. Renz, 2002, PaleoPress (Lehigh Acres, US)

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Megaselachus megalodon #SMM6462
Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration!
Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old
Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A.
Size: 4.8 inch / 12 cm
Price: Euro 160.--
Megaselachus megalodon #SMM6464
Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration!
Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old
Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A.
Size: 3.4 inch / 8.5 cm
Price: Euro 30.--
Orthacanthus spec. #SOS6466
Primitive Shark tooth!!! 
Old Collection, Altfund. On small matrix plate
Permian, Rotliegend, 285 million years old
Niederkirchen, Germany
Size fish: 0.4  inch / 1 cm
Price: Euro 20.--
Otodus obliquus #SOO6467
Several Vertebra No restoration
PalEocene, Phosphate beds 59 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size : 6 by 4.8 inch / 15 by 12 cm
Price: Euro 30.--
Otodus obliquus #SOO6468
Large Vertebra No restoration
PalEocene, Phosphate beds 59 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size : 3.8 inch / 9.5 cm in matrix block
Price: Euro 40.--
Dipazia stromeria #SSM6469
Rare tooth (top) No restoration
PalEocene, Phosphate beds 59 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size : 1.8 inch / 4.5 cm on matix block
Price: Euro 15.--
Megaselachus megalodon #SMM6372
Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration!
Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old
Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A.
Size: 3.52 inch / 8.8 cm
Price: Euro 60.--
Megaselachus megalodon #SMM6374
Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration!
Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old
Morgan River, S.C., U.S.A.
Size: 4.6 inch / 11.5 cm
Price: Euro 100.--
Sqaulicorax pristodontus #SCP6297
2 Excellent teeth
Maastrichtian, Phosphate beds 66 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size bigges: 1.32 inch / 3.3 cm wide
Price for 2: Euro 10.--
Sqaulicorax pristodontus #SCP6299
3 Excellent teeth
Maastrichtian, Phosphate beds 66 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size bigges: 1.2 inch / 3 cm wide
Price for 3: Euro 10.--
Sqaulicorax pristodontus #SCP6301
4 Excellent teeth
Maastrichtian, Phosphate beds 66 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size bigges: 1 inch / 2.5 cm wide
Price for 4: Euro 10.--
Sqaulicorax bassani #SCB6303
Excellent tooth
Maastrichtian, Phosphate beds 66 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size bigges: 1 inch / 2.5 cm high
Price : Euro 10.--
Carcharrhinus leucas #SBS6305
10 excellent Fossil Bull shark teeth
Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old
Gainesville, Florida
Size largest: 0.92 inch / 2.3 cm wide
Price for 10: Euro 15.--
Carcharrhinus leucas #SBS6306
10 excellent Fossil Bull shark teeth
Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old
Gainesville, Florida
Size largest: 0.72 inch / 1.8 cm wide
Price for 10: Euro 15.--
Negaprion brevirotris #SLS6307
10 excellent Fossil Lemon shark teeth
Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old
Gainesville, Florida
Size largest: 0.88 inch / 2.2 cm high
Price for 10: Euro 10.--
Negaprion brevirotris #SLS6308
10 excellent Fossil Lemon shark teeth
Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old
Gainesville, Florida
Size largest: 0.88 inch / 2.2 cm high
Price for 10: Euro 10.--
Otodus obliquus #SOO6207
Very nice Vertebra and teeth (5) in matrix
One animal! Rare
PalEocene, Phosphate beds 55 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size slab: 15.6 by 11.6 inch / 39 by 29 cm
Price : Euro 
Otodus obliquus #SOO6162
Very nice Sharktooth in matrix
PalEocene, Phosphate beds 55 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size biggest: 3.2 inch / 8 cm
Price : Euro 30.--
Megaselachus megalodon  #MM5943
Mega shark tooth, NO restoration!
U.Miocene, 8.8 milj. years old
Nieuwvliet (Cadzand) beach deposits /
The Netherlands
Size: 3.04 inch / 7.6 cm
Price: Euro 15.--
Palaeobatus angustissimus #PA5858
Tooth on small matrix plate
Triassic, Muschelkalk 215 million years old
Crailsheim, Germany
Size : 0.28 inch / 0.7 cm
Price: 
Euro 25.--
Palaeobatus angustissimus #PA5858
Tooth on small matrix plate
Triassic, Muschelkalk 215 million years old
Crailsheim, Germany
Size : 0.16 inch / 0.4 cm
Price: 
Euro 20.--
Palaeobatus angustissimus #PA5858
Tooth on small matrix plate
Triassic, Muschelkalk 215 million years old
Crailsheim, Germany
Size : 0.20 inch / 0.5 cm
Price: 
Euro 20.--
Acrodus lateralis #AL5861
Tooth on small matrix plate
Triassic, Muschelkalk 215 million years old
Crailsheim, Germany
Size : 0.16 inch / 0.4 cm
Price: 
Euro 10.--
Acrodus lateralis #AL5862
Tooth on small matrix plate
Triassic, Muschelkalk 215 million years old
Crailsheim, Germany
Size : 0.20 inch / 0.5 cm
Price: 
Euro 10.--
Acrodus lateralis #AL5863
Tooth on small matrix plate
Triassic, Muschelkalk 215 million years old
Crailsheim, Germany
Size : 0.20 inch / 0.5 cm
Price: 
Euro 10.--
Acrodus lateralis #AL5864
Tooth on small matrix plate
Triassic, Muschelkalk 215 million years old
Crailsheim, Germany
Size : 0.20 inch / 0.5 cm
Price: 
Euro 10.--
Acrodus lateralis #AL5865
Tooth on small matrix plate
Triassic, Muschelkalk 215 million years old
Crailsheim, Germany
Size : 0.20 inch / 0.5 cm
Price: 
Euro 10.--
Carcharocles angustidens #CA5718
Nice shark tooth; NO restoration!
Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old
Summerville, S.C., U.S.A.
Size: 2.16 inch / 5.4 cm
Price: Euro 25.--
Carcharocles angustidens #CA5716
Nice shark tooth; NO restoration!
Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old
Summerville, S.C., U.S.A.
Size: 2.2 inch / 5.5 cm
Price: Euro 15.--
Isurus planus #IS5571
Shark tooth in Matrix No restoration
M.Miocene, Temblor Formation 16 milj. years old
Sharktoothhill, Bakersfield, California
Size: 1.28 inch / 3.2 cm
Price: Euro 10.--
Cosmopolitodus hastalis  #IS5572
Shark tooth in Matrix No restoration
M.Miocene, Temblor Formation 16 milj. years old
Sharktoothhill, Bakersfield, California
Size: 1.84 inch / 4.6 cm
Price: Euro 10.--
Otodus obliquus #OO5573
Shark tooth in Matrix No restoration
PalEocene, Phosphate beds 55 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size : 2.28 inch / 5.7 cm
Price : Euro 10.-- 
Miobatus spec. #RM5574
Ray toothplates in Matrix, No restoration
PalEocene, Phosphate beds 55 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size : 2.4 inch / 6 cm
Price : Euro 10.-- 
Miobatus spec. #RM5575
Ray toothplates in Matrix, No restoration
PalEocene, Phosphate beds 55 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size : 2.2 inch / 5.5 cm
Price : Euro 10.-- 
Megaselachus megalodon #CM5346
Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration!
Miocene, 6-10 milj. years old
Huara Formation Atacama desert, Chile
Size: 4.4 inch / 11 cm
Price: Euro 300.--
Carcharocles megalodon #CM5275
Megaselachus megalodon Set of 8 posteriors
Mega - shark tooth; NO restoration!
Miocene, 10-15 milj. years old
Venice Beach., U.S.A.
Size biggest width: 1.04 inch / 2.6 cm
Set Price: Euro 40.--
Carcharodon carcharias #CC0939
Peruvian White shark tooth No restoration
L.Pliocene, 3.5 milj. years old
Cape Town / South Africa
Size: 1.96 inch / 4.9 cm
Price: Euro 15.--
Carcharodon carcharias #CC0831
White - shark tooth; NO restoration
Pliocene, 2-4 milj. years old
Nieuwvliet beach deposits / The Netherlands
Size: 1.64 inch / 4.1 cm
Price: Euro 15.--
Isurus retroflexus #IR0342+IR0344
2 Shark teeth 
U.Miocene, 8.8 milj. years old
Nieuwvliet beach deposits / The Netherlands
Size: 1.48+1.32 inch / 3.7+3.3 cm
Price for both: Euro 8.--
Ptychodus whipplei #PW0294
Bouldin Form., Cretaceous 90 Million years old
Dallas, Cockrell Hill, Texas, U.S.A.
Size : 0.68 inch / 1 to 1.8 cm
Price for the 2 : Euro 10.--
Isurus planus #IP0151
Shark tooth in Matrix No restoration
M.Miocene, Temblor Formation 16 milj. years old
Sharktoothhill, Bakersfield, California
Size: 1.64 inch / 4.1 cm
Price: Euro 10.--
Galeocerdo aduncus
Cosmopolitodus
 hastalis #CG0155
Shark teeth in Matrix No restoration
M.Miocene, Temblor Formation 16 milj. years old
Sharktoothhill, Bakersfield, California
Size Galeocerdo: 0.56 inch / 1.4 cm
Price: Euro 15.--
Carcharocles chubutensis #CC809
Peruvian shark tooth No restoration
L.Miocene, 18 milj. years old
Caballos  Form, Sacaco, South of Ica Peru
Size: 1.68 inch / 4.2 cm
Price: Euro 60.--
Carcharodon carcharias #CC817
Peruvian White shark tooth No restoration
L.Pliocene, 3.9 milj. years old
Caballos  Form, Sacaco, South of Ica Peru
Size: 2.48 inch / 6.2 cm
Price: Euro 60.--
Megaselachus megalodon #MM802
Beautiful lower jaw Meg tooth
Very Old collection from very very Rare site
No restoration, small repair on root
L.Globigerina "Green" Limestone formation
U. Miocene, 8-15 milj. years old
South West Coast of Gozo, MALTA
Size: 3.08 inch / 7.7 cm
Price: Euro 

Carcharocles angustidens #MA803
Very Old collection from very very Rare site
No restoration  
L.Globigerina "Green" Limestone formation
U. Miocene, 8-15 milj. years old
South West Coast of Gozo, MALTA
Size: 1.08 inch / 2.7 cm
Price: Euro 
Dipazia stromeria #DS308
Rare tooth No restoration
PalEocene, Phosphate beds 59 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size : 1.48 inch / 3.7 cm
Price: Euro 15.--
Serratolamna ascheroni #SA775
Lower (left) en Upper (right) jaw tooth
PalEocene, Phosphate beds 55 Million years old
Khouribga Basin, Marocco
Size biggest: 1.32 inch / 3.3 cm
Price : Euro 8.-- for both
Unknown spec. #673
Shark Cartilage ?Jaw fragment? VERY RARE
Pungo formation,
M. Miocene, 15 million Years old
Size fossil:  by 1.56 Inch / 3.9 cm
Price : Euro 20.--
Usakia wardi #UW691
No restoration  Otodontid Shark tooth
Barthonian, Eocene, 40 milj. years old
Tush bair, West Kazakhstan
Size : 0.6 inch / 1.5 cm 
Price: Euro 7.--


Megaselachus megalodon #CM095
Peruvian Mega shark tooth No restoration
Some glueing on the Root
Miocene, 20 milj. years old
Caballos Formation  Rio Ica, Peru
Size: 4.89 inch / 12.2 cm
Price: Euro 290.--

Palaeobatus angustissimus #PC015
Tooth on small matrix plate
Triassic, Muschelkalk 215 million years old
Crailsheim, Germany
Size : 0.12 inch / 0.3 cm
Price: 
Euro 15.--

Hexanchus gigas #903
No restoration
Pliocene, 4-6 milj. years old
Huara Formation
Atacama desert, Chile
Size wide: 1.24 inch / 3.1 cm 
Price: Euro 35.--
Hexanchus gigas #908
No restoration
Pliocene, 4-6 milj. years old
Huara Formation
Atacama desert, Chile
Size wide: 0.84 inch / 2.1 cm 
Price: Euro 20.--

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Onchopristis numidus #ONCHO333
Saw shark tooth from blade No restoration
L. Cretaceous, 110 milj. years old
South Border Marocco Algeria
Size: 1.08 inch / 2.7 cm
Price: Euro 10.--