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megalodon molar discovered in santa cruz mountains

Started by sauroid, December 27, 2014, 10:59:38 AM

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SBell

#20
December 30, 2014, 03:59:22 PM
It was probably just a tsunami that nobody noticed that somehow only picked up this one tooth--or at least, that's the only one he found.

stargatedalek

#21
December 30, 2014, 04:35:35 PM
I thought that mountain range was fairly recent? if so, I think that's the most likely scenario.

SBell

#22
December 30, 2014, 10:44:04 PM
I decided to go and actually find out rather than make further fun of mountain sharks.

http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/10195

It turns out the area was in a shoreline transgression for sometime in the Miocene, with continued uplifts (I am super-briefly summarizing) so it makes more sense. Apparently marine fossils are common in the foothills as it is, so a shark tooth isn't really a surprise.

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