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Is this a Horn Shark heterodontus anterior tooth? The tooth has the main cusp and two lateral cusplets with circular base. Small in size – 2mm across. Found in the Upper Eocene – Ocala Limestone Formation – location in Sumter County, Florida. Thank you.

Here's my Basilosaurus isis tooth . This is attached to a piece of jaw.

on a recent trip to barton, i found what i believe to be otodus auriculatus, but have never once heard let alone seen one found at that location before. was wondering if anyone here had found anything similar there

When water levels restrict my access to the few river localities I'm familiar with, I like to go to the Yankeetown Spoil islands to look for echinoids. It's a different and very enjoyable place to spend a couple hours. These islands were created by the dredging of limestone to deepen the adjacent channel. The "beaches" are a combination of lower Ocala limestone cobbles, rounded by wave action and sand. I've lately been interested in finding decent examples of the sand dollar Periachus floridanus which is very common in the lower Ocala, but because it is so large and thin, it rarely survives exposure to the elements and wave action. I started looking at the beach cobbles for traces of more complete samples. The goal, obviously, is to find the cobbles with just a hint of sand dollar periphery so the damage to the specimen is minimized. Then with a dremel engraver, scrapers and stainless wire brushes, remove the soft limestone to expose the prize. Sometimes easier than others. Sometimes luckier than others. But entertaining and a worthwhile way to spend time while the rivers go back down.

Hi there folks, I would like to get identified this internal model of a gasteropod from the Possagno marl formation, upper Eocene, NE Italy (specimen max dimension is 11 cm). Amaurellina angustata is my best guess but I'm definitely not sure. Thanks for the help, Daniele

Just finished to prep after 2 monthes of work