Bull Shark Tooth
Carcharhinus leucas
Markings and exact colorations may vary.
Photo: Kirk Gardner via iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0 · cropped & resized · source
A stout, broad triangular tooth with coarse serrations near the base.
- Typical size
- Half an inch to 1.5 inches
- How often it turns up
- Common
- Collecting
- Usually legal to collect
- Handling
- Sharp edges
Shed and fossil teeth on open public beaches are usually fine to pick up, but state parks, national seashores and wildlife refuges don't allow collecting.
Serrated edges will cut.
How to tell it apart
- Wide triangular blade
- Serrations coarser toward the base
- Thick root
Where to find these in Florida
Beaches rated very good or excellent for shark teeth. Each page shows today’s score, the best window and access details.
- Caspersen Beach · Venice
- Englewood Beach (Chadwick Park) · Englewood
- Fort Clinch State Park · Fernandina Beach
- Lighthouse Point Park · Ponce Inlet
- Stump Pass Beach State Park · Englewood
- Turner Beach · Captiva
- Venice Beach · Venice
- Amelia Island State Park · Amelia Island
- Anastasia State Park · St. Augustine
- Bethune Beach · New Smyrna Beach
- Brohard Paw Park · Venice
- Crescent Beach · St. Augustine
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Commonly confused with
Lemon Shark ToothNegaprion brevirostris
Bull teeth are broad and serrated. Lemon teeth are narrow with smooth cutting edges.
Megalodon ToothOtodus megalodon
A bull shark tooth is under an inch and a half with coarse basal serrations. Megalodon teeth are thicker, larger and show a distinct chevron bourlette.
More shark teeth in the field guide
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