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Fossils
One of the coolest things about sharks is that they have tons and tons of
teeth. Many people collect shark teeth and rare teeth can be very valuable. The tooth fairy would lose millions of dollars if she had to
leave cash for sharks because a single shark may lose hundreds of teeth over
it's lifetime.
Because sharks don't have real bones, it rare to find sharks skeleton fossils. What you will find are mostly shark teeth. Watching Shark Week this year with my six year old, he asked how scientist could find shark teeth in the ground when sharks swim in the ocean. Ah, being a dad is so much more than putting together Radio Flyers! So, I tried to draw a river bed and explain that over millions of years the oceans and rivers where fish swam dried up and some of the sharks living in those areas passed on leaving only their teeth behind. When that didn't work, I took my son to a river bed in Central New Jersey and showed him first hand.
Below are some of the shark teeth we have found in Big Brook in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Although the river has been known for fossils for decades, you can still find lots of teeth with little very little effort. Think of gold panning and you will get the general ideal of how the hunt goes.
Fossil Shark Teeth Found in New Jersey (Director's Collection)
National Geographic
World's Oldest Shark Fossil Found
Fossil Guide Service - Florida
http://www.fossilexpeditions.com/
New Jersey Fossils
http://njfossils.net
Below are some sites with shark teeth fossil information. The sites
listed below are educational and scientific. We do not endorse the killing
of sharks for their teeth or jaws!
Smithsonian National
Museum of Natural History
All you wanted to know about shark teeth!
Elasmo.com
Technically challenging for ummm, us.
Reef Quest Centre for Shark Research
If you're interested in starting a collection, research shark fossil teeth locations on the web. Teeth can be found almost anywhere and the hunting can be a lot of fun
We are not affiliated with the commercial sites
listed below but feel
you will find a great deal of information and some great photography of
fossils.
Steve's Fossil Shark Teeth
Outstanding Pictures
Buried Treasure Fossils
Great Pictures