Description: Modern tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvieri) tooth? Or is it the extinct Galeocerdo aduncas? The two species are virtually undiscernable, except for size. The lack of a nutrient groove and the definite notch between the strongly-serrated shoulder and the blade scream Galeocerdo, but the straight blade is somewhat unsettling. I have not seen other specimens like this described. Have you?

Age: Miocene to Present

Found By: DeRouin

Location Found: Peace River, near Zolfo Springs, FL

Current Custodian : Ed DeRouin

Identified By: Ed DeRouin

References: Florida's Fossils, pp. 100-101. Fossil Sharks of the Chesapeake Bay Region, pp.84-86

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