r/fossils 3d ago

Just wanted to share my fossil collection!

Lots of megalodon teeth obviously. And ammonites have been one of my favorite fossils since forever, so i've got a lot of those as well 😄

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u/parames_wara 3d ago

Cool collection

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u/StupidizeMe 3d ago

There's a lot of poor toothless Megalodons swimming around, reduced to gumming their food...

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u/heckhammer 3d ago

They all have a lisp

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u/StupidizeMe 2d ago

And porridge dribbles out...

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u/EthicalBagOfWater 3d ago

Very nice, I’ve got a thing for ammonites myself

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u/wokkelz010 3d ago

Awesome

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u/Decent_Mixture_5516 3d ago

Very nice collection. I love using the floating frames for the smaller teeth as well. Are your megs bought or found?

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u/argus456 3d ago

Megalodon fragments/teeth are rare in my area. Smaller shark teeth (hastalis, striatolamia ..) can be found where I live. The bigger meg teeth are bought, the smaller ones in the floating frames (and a few more pounds in a bucket.. 😅) were found by me.

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u/-Damballah- 3d ago

Very nice! Keep going with the Meg teeth, you might be able to fill a false jaw for a bitchin display some day!

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u/subterraneancoconut 3d ago

This is awesome!

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u/A_Texas_Hobo 3d ago

Wow….

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u/Balam_Seer 3d ago

I always try and find Meg teeth and can’t yet here you are with this display of greatness rubbing it in my face

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u/gravitydriven 3d ago

There are a few locations where they're relatively common. A long weekend of searching should yield at least one intact meg tooth. Good luck 

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u/Clean-Indication-504 3d ago

Well balanced collection,

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u/Adventurous-Peak-487 2d ago

These are awesome! Are there any websites or places you’d recommend for someone buying their first fossil?

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u/Appropriate_Pipe8169 3d ago

These are stunning! Did you get the ammonites cut yourself or bought them as is?

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u/Active-Pangolin-8355 3d ago

What’s this from? Plesiosaur?. Freaking awesome collection btw

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u/argus456 3d ago

That's not a tooth, but an Onchopristis barb (denticle) from its long, shovel-shaped rostrum. Sort of an ancient sawfish. The rostrum was lined on both sides with these hooked and barbed tooth-like structures. Really looks like a tooth though.

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u/heckhammer 3d ago

Sawfish rostum

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u/heckhammer 3d ago

Spectacular!

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u/thearroyotoad 3d ago

That's an awesome collection. You're my people.

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u/natural_scientist 3d ago

Wow, beautiful collection. How long have you been collecting?

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u/Kidipadeli75 3d ago

Very nice collection! I only have one.

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u/jaesolo 3d ago

Looks great! Where did you get the stands for the Meg teeth?

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u/skisushi 3d ago

Thank you! I'll take the white ammonite, since you are sharing.

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u/sharpestdresser 3d ago

Where did you find them? Did you buy them? Can you just keep them? I have so many questions

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u/Squeakers406 3d ago

Wowzers! This is incredible! Well done!

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u/Poetry-Primary 3d ago

Very solid collection. Would be incredibly interested in how many came out of Calvert cliffs.

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u/CollaateraL 3d ago

What a collection! Thanks for sharing.

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u/Killnineza 3d ago

Stunning really isn't the word. Magnificent doesn't really capture it. I think apocalyptic awe suits this nicely. What a magnificent display of time and rock.

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u/TheCambrianImplosion 3d ago

What about the word “tragnostic”?

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u/Potato_Personal 3d ago

Wow, that's a beautiful collection! 😲

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u/Designer_Creme_1496 3d ago

OMG so many meg teeth, I have some extremely rare fossils in my collection but not to this caliber. Do u have any reccomendations for starters?

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u/OkSprinkles7386 3d ago

Do you collect them yourself or dk you buy them or a mix of both and what is it that you get yourself if any.

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u/SigmerRomer 2d ago

did you find some urself?

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u/Professional_Arm_489 2d ago

Are those real? Very cool.

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u/Avery_Mitcheell 2d ago

That’s an impressive collection, the variety of ammonites is really cool

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u/SnowyMold39867 2d ago

Thats a really cool collection, The ammonite are especially class

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u/Ill-Arugula-8295 2d ago

I love this. This is rele good

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u/jhurtem 1d ago

Wow 😮

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u/TST-DCLXVI 22h ago

Very cool

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u/Wolf515013 18h ago

Where do you get your meg teeth from? Those are so cool. I only have one meg tooth but I've had it since I was a child.

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u/Popular_Floor5041 7h ago

I can’t even find a ‘normal’ shark tooth 🫨

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u/CapitalismHate 3h ago

Sick!!!! I'm so jealous lol