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Post by joe on Dec 6, 2007 22:01:48 GMT -5
I remember seeing a photo online at one point of a group of college students sifting through the sand bottom of a river inside of a cave trying to locate fossils - mostly megalodon teeth, but also some horse bones, and I was curious to know if this sound familiar to anyone? I also remember that this was close to the coast of Georgia. I have spent the last two summers spearfishing in North Carolina, and on some of those dives I have found megalodon teeth - but if I could find one inside of a cave that would be amazing for me. Is there anyone on this board that has been to these wet caves and found any loose fossils?
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Post by blazerbud on Apr 3, 2008 18:57:15 GMT -5
How big are the Megalodon Teeth that you have found?
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Post by joe on Apr 6, 2008 20:52:49 GMT -5
I posted this so long ago and never got any response.... I actually found out where these caves are about 2 months ago and just got a chance to visit them today. I walked out with probably around 50 teeth today, and a bunch of eagle ray teeth - but to answer your question the largest tooth that I found today was only 1 inch - it seemed like all the teeth that we found were from younger sharks.
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Post by Brian Roebuck on Apr 7, 2008 21:08:04 GMT -5
Uh Joe,
As cavers we don't generally remove things from caves preferring instead to take photos and leave them as we found them for others to enjoy. Perhaps you would consider the possibility of returning the teeth to the cave. In some states / locations such actions may even be illegal without proper permits and scientific credentials.
Cavers generally take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints, and kill nothing but time. Thanks for considering what I have said.
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Post by blazerbud on Apr 8, 2008 11:41:48 GMT -5
Joe,
I don't doubt that they really are megaladon teeth, I just thought that megaladon teeth were huge. Like 4 to 6 inches. And I also thought that megaladon were almost identical to Modern day Great White sharks except for size. So, a modern adult shark would be the size of a baby or young megaladon.
Are the teeth fossilized? In my mind, I could be wrong, Fossils are made from minerals other than just bone, like the cacium or bone material has reacted with minerals in the sediment to become a rock itself. A fossil like this would be encapsulated by sedimentary rock and would be difficult to extract.
I'm just curious.
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