Posted on 05/28/2009 5:22:08 PM PDT by decimon
Some three million years ago, eel-like sharks snaked through the region that now supports Tuscany's finest vineyards, suggest fossils recently found in the clay soil of the Chianti region.
Hundreds of fossilized teeth belonging to primitive shark-like creatures have been uncovered by amateur paleontologists near the village of Castelnuovo Berardenga, not far from Siena.
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Pesce vino ping.
Any place that was once covered by an inland ocean will be full of shark teeth. In southdakota farmers till up 100s of shark teeth in their fields.
Too bad they still ain’t around. Sounds like something that the Tuscans could prepare with tomato sauce that might taste pretty good.
Luca Brazzi sleeps with the fishes.
Then they became toothless sharks. Then they stopped ruling.
...Used to look for sharks teeth in Florida. Hard to find on the beach, but up in the dunes, more plentiful. Lived on a Naval base and vehicles that made the ruts would turn up clean sand. It was a fun hobby, but, haven’t done any hunting for a long time. Still have a nice collection, the only thing I managed to hold on to all these years...
...South Dakota? What area???
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Thanks decimon. Two million years? Geez, Spielberg could have made thousands of sequels if he'd started with these. |
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There was an ocean over much of the Great Plains. Lots of fossils are found in the Dakotoas ranging from shark teeth, clams, and even Dinosaurs.
But did they have laser beams on the top of their heads?
They are as common as dirt around here.
Bobby Darin was wrong? They’re not pearly white?
Tho older they are the darker they get,
Not just laser beams — frickin’ laser beams. ;’)
...Nice collection, I used to hunt in the dunes at Mayport Naval Base...
The best places are where there are a lot of coquina shells on the beach. Funny thing is that the teeth come and go. The currents deposit them and you find a lot of them, then they just seem to vanish for a while. When you figure in the sheer size of the area involved there must be tons of them in circulation. I suspect that specific gravity has something to do with things, since they tend to concentrate. The coquina shell tends to stay separate from the white sand too, specific gravity at work again. South of St. Augustine Inlet there is very little coquina shell, but South of Matanzas inlet it shows up again. Near Flagler Beach there are coquina boulders exposed on the beach, same stuff the Spanish built the forts with.
The coast has moved around a lot, a whole bunch of people who built houses on the dunes are learning about that now. The next big storm is going to make a clean sweep, and it can’t be stopped.
...Thanks, I was aware of those facts. I mentioned dunes in an earlier post. Had good luck because the vehicles cut ruts in the sand ridding the scrub plants and exposing clean sand to study. No specific gravity there, just stirring up from fresh tire tracks periodically. Often wondered when I was hunting, if the big teeth were a few inches deep, or were they just buried a few hours before. Made some good finds, from real small to a few 1 1/2 in. Abut 2000 in my collection. Hope to be down this summer, my mom lives near Daytona Beach. Try to find some time to go teeth hunting up north. Yer right, next big storm...
I think you’ll find some of the evolutionary descendents of those toothy sharks hustling female tourists in Tuscany today.
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