Virginia Eocene OtodusThis is a tooth from the Eocene Muddy Creek site near Fredericksburg, VA. Unlike the Otodus teeth from Liverpool point, the Muddy Creek specimens are pretty rare to find. I saw many more Echinorhynus, Isistius, and Hexanchus found than Otodus. This is the only complete Otodus I recovered from the site. It's not huge, but a decent size at 1 3/4 inches. It's from Bed B of the Potapaco member of the Nanjemoy formation. Notice the cusps have tiny secondary cusplets on them. On it's way to becomming serrated? Only a few million years to go.
Age
| Eocene Epoch |
Category
| Shark Teeth |
Formation
| Potapaco formation |
Location
| Muddy Creek, Virginia, USA |
Species
| Otodus obliquus |
Length
| 1 3/4 inches |
ID | 1967 |
Member | BigRedMeg |
Date Added | 4/11/2007 |
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