megalodon molar discovered in santa cruz mountains

[sauroid]

http://io9.com/megalodon-molar-discovered-in-santa-cruz-mountains-1675420387

[triceratops83]

They can fly now?

It's hard to imagine a mountain range is made up of rock only ten to twenty million tears old, from the sea floor no less.

[Manatee]

That is strange. Perhaps it was re-worked (washed out of its original location)?

[triceratops83]

Nah, the Santa Cruz mountains are formed from Miocene ocean floors pushed up from the San Andreas fault. It just seems unbelievable that in a relatively short time the bottom of the world can reach the top.

[Paleogene Pals]

Well, we are told that is where he found it or how he found it. If it was lying on the ground, someone could have dropped it there. But, I am also not familiar with the tectonic history of California. Unfortunately, I can see Creationists making hay out of this story.

[SBell]

The fact that they call it a 'molar' negates the entire story. Sharks don't have molars.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Not sure Megs had.. "molars" ? lol

[paleoferroequine]

   The story (  New York Daily News ) says that it is the foothills and that coastal storms had eroded the bluffs and gullies and washed them down where the surf uncovered them on the beach. I suspect the guy might have decided that it was a rear tooth and the reporter figured, "Oh, my back teeth are molars, so that is what these are." Could have been worse, could of said, "Ooh, sharp pointy teeth, must be canines!" To which the other reporter would say, " Canines? I thought these were a shark, you're telling me it's a dog? I'm so confused!!???"  

[tanystropheus]

How does the Megalodon fit in Noah's Ark?

[paleoferroequine]

How does the Megalodon fit in Noah's Ark?

Lots easier than a blue whale. Or a kraken. Or cthulhu.   

[Paleogene Pals]

The "molar" thing did through me for a loop, unless it is a new type of chewing Megalodon.

[triceratops83]

How does the Megalodon fit in Noah's Ark?

Sounds like a corny movie starring Samuel L Jackson - Shark in an Ark!
"I'm sick of this @#$% Shark on this @#$% Ark!"

[SBell]

How does the Megalodon fit in Noah's Ark?

With a lot of thrashing, since it's trying to get back in the water...

[tyrantqueen]

How does the Megalodon fit in Noah's Ark?

Sounds like a corny movie starring Samuel L Jackson - Shark in an Ark!
"I'm sick of this @#$% Shark on this @#$% Ark!"

Win

[Megalosaurus]

How does the Megalodon fit in Noah's Ark?

Stop making jokes with religion, that would lead to an unwanted situation.
But here's your answer anyway:
According to Gen 6:20 God tell Noah to put in the ark "of the flying creatures according to their kinds, the domestic animals according to their kinds, and all creeping animals of the ground according to their kinds, two of each will go in there to you to preserve them alive."
So no sharks went into the ark according to the history.

Any way megalodons have molars?  Wow, thats really amazing.
But this does not look like a molar to me:

I know, I'm not a dentist.

[SBell]

How does the Megalodon fit in Noah's Ark?

Stop making jokes with religion, that would lead to an unwanted situation.
But here's your answer anyway:
According to Gen 6:20 God tell Noah to put in the ark "of the flying creatures according to their kinds, the domestic animals according to their kinds, and all creeping animals of the ground according to their kinds, two of each will go in there to you to preserve them alive."
So no sharks went into the ark according to the history.

Any way megalodons have molars?  Wow, thats really amazing.
But this does not look like a molar to me:
I know, I'm not a dentist.

We're not making fun of religion. We;re making fun of what the SyFy channel would do with the ridiculous idea of all animals somehow fitting into a boat, along with sharks so that this Megalodon could somehow be up there. We wouldn't want that unwanted situation on TV.

And no, as many of us have already said, sharks don't have molars.

[stargatedalek]

Just putting this out there, there are theoretically infinite different numbers of variations ranging from different interpretations to even different translations, and its not really fair to accuse someone of bashing religion as a whole just because they make a joke about a particular story that is widely accepted as fiction even amongst religious circles.

Anyway, this is why I don't trust news companies (even small ones) on matters of paleontology, if they can make an error like that who's to say the whole article isn't full of errors or even fictitious.

[tanystropheus]

How does the Megalodon fit in Noah's Ark?

Stop making jokes with religion, that would lead to an unwanted situation.
But here's your answer anyway:
According to Gen 6:20 God tell Noah to put in the ark "of the flying creatures according to their kinds, the domestic animals according to their kinds, and all creeping animals of the ground according to their kinds, two of each will go in there to you to preserve them alive."
So no sharks went into the ark according to the history.

Well, I believe in the esoteric elements of the bible and most other religious scriptures, in varying degrees (i.e. Perennial Philosophy) ...I'm also pro-evolution... so I don't feel that I was making fun of religion, per se.  There are reports (unconfirmed) of Noah's Ark being found on a mountain in Turkey. These Megalodon "molars" were found on a mountain, albeit, Santa Cruz....I simply put two and two together. Sorry for the confusion.

[sauroid]

*uhm never mind* 

[Paleogene Pals]

At the beginning of the new season of Doctor Who, a giant dinosaur was transported to Victorian England by swallowing the TARDIS. Maybe, a giant Meg also swallowed a TARDIS which then materialized in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Since we now know that time-traveling Timelords are real, thank you Internet, we cannot discount this possibility.