Posted on 08/23/2022 4:17:54 PM PDT by LibWhacker
Carcharocles turgidus teeth.
An 8-year-old boy made a prehistoric discovery this month by finding a giant tooth believed to be from the long-extinct angustidens—a megatooth shark species.
Riley Gracely of Pennsylvania discovered the massive tooth during a family vacation to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
According to Palmetto Fossil Excursions (PFE), the boy discovered a 4.75-inch tooth belonging to the extinct shark Carcharocles angustidens while participating in a fossil-hunting excursion near Summerville.
"Truly the find of a lifetime," PFE wrote in an Aug. 11 Facebook post. "This young man just scored a 4.75" Angustiden tooth in our Premium Gravel Layer piles on a dry dig!!!"
"Just to give perspective—any [angustidens] over 4" is the equivalent of finding a 6" [megalodon], and an [angustidens] at 4.75" is the equivalent of finding a 6.5" megalodon tooth," the group wrote.
On Monday, the boy's find continued to draw hundreds of likes and dozens of comments on Facebook.
"Meet a future paleontologist! Good job, young man!" one user wrote.
"Wow, that is one amazing fossil! Congratulations!" Matthew Migel posted.
Riley Gracely's dad Justin Gracely told Fox News his son is an avid fisherman who loves science and the outdoors.
"We vacation in Myrtle Beach every summer, so from the time that Riley and his brother Collin could walk, we've been into searching for these treasures on the beach," he told the outlet.
"(Riley's) collection is still in its early stages, so he's keeping it for now, but who knows in time. It would be nice for others to enjoy it, too."
Bet he won’t forget this experience as long as he lives. Way to go kiddo!
Great going kid! You found the tooth of the shark that swallowed Brandon as he vacationed in South Carolina. You’ve solved the puzzle of where the president is!
Belonged to a 55-65 foot fish.
Odd that an article like that wouldn’t give an approximate age of such a find. Maybe I missed it.
Bkmk
Sea level rise? Way back then with no SUVs?
Good grief! Wouldn't have wanted to meet that guy, even in my dreams!
Not to downplay the excitement, but perhaps the tooth was planted there. One can get them for under $20 on ebay even bigger than 5 inches.
But since we have no idea what all in the ocean.... maybe not.
Who wants to go for a swim?
These aren’t that rare. That is supposed to be at least 3.6 million years old or so, and they’re just lying around on rocky beaches?
Excuse my skepticism of the age range.
Yeah, you just downplayed it LibWacker. Never ever trust anything on eBay. It’s all counterfeit.
I wish that there was a ruler in the photo for scale.
Wow! A shark that size wouldn’t even consider a human a proper appetizer
Oooh, you’ve got a devious mind! Not meant as a criticism but as a ‘thank you!’ You’ve given us all something new to think about. It’d be an easy forgery to pull off, wouldn’t it?...
‘Course, if it is a planted tooth, I don’t know how long one could get away with it. If the hoaxer bought it on ebay, for example, there must be pics of it that will reveal it as such.
Scale just below the drawing.
Little 8 year old kid found it and is excited as he can be...
You have to try to belittle what he did...
Are you jealous????
I hope the kid never hears such sh*t as you put out about this to spoil his great feeling of accomplishment...
You must be a sorry azz.......
He may become a shark dentist.
Otodus angustidens is a species of prehistoric megatoothed sharks in the genus Otodus, which lived during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs about 33 to 22 million years ago.
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