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I have hunted teeth for years in Texas and elsewhere and have found thousands of teeth. Last week while walking my dog in my neighborhood, my dog lost her ball in the creek. I slid down to look for it and of course couldn’t help but look in the gravel at my feet and found a horse tooth. Not really that uncommon for a Texas creek and I had found one in this creek before. Once we finished our walk I decided to head back and see if there was anything else to be found. I have tried to hunt this creek before but found nothing. It was getting late but the exposed gravel bar was calling me. I saw something sticking out that resembled the root of a Ptychodus tooth but it was huge. So huge that I almost didn’t pick it up because it was so large that I thought it was impossible to be a tooth. When I flipped it over and saw the ridges of a Ptychodus tooth I still could not believe it. Ptychodus are one of my favorite teeth to collect and this tooth though broken is something special and to be found literally in my hood. This is the largest Ptychodus I have found or even seen in person for that matter. Ptychodus marginalis. Measures just shy of 50mm With a broken edge.