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> is a shark tooth enough to count as a fossil No, but a fossil of a shark tooth counts as a fossil..
by TurdF3rguson 8mo ago
> is a shark tooth enough to count as a fossil
No, but a fossil of a shark tooth counts as a fossil..
- throwup238 8mo agoWhat does that mean though? Shark teeth are already mineralized (fluorapatite) so you can find two million year old Megalodon teeth at the Earnst Quarry in Bakersfield that exist just as they did in the mouth of the shark without any extra “fossilization”
- TurdF3rguson 8mo agoHmm, my understanding is that fossil refers to the impression of the original object not the object itself.