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Hello! it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, but I read the reports of others quite often. I visited a new spot in Virginia, on the James river, which offered some unexpected teeth. I have found much more worn similar varieties on other rivers, but this seems to be in good shape and I thought it may help me understand a bit more about dating some of the formations I’m seeing in the banks of the rivers, maybe… I believe this is either an angustidens or auriculatus, and looking for any clues from the tooth itself which may positively ID the tooth to know the age of the deposit. This was not found in the banks but in the water, I have found great whites and Miocene hastalis close by. On the same trip I found this nicely preserved whale bulla, which from my limited knowledge looks much more recent species than the teeth. The other larger tooth pictured appears to be serrationless and there may be remnants of a burlette, but that was about a foot away from the better preserved tooth. Is it possible that the serrationless tooth is an older species? I know anything can happen in the water so it maybe impossible to be conclusive, I’ve included a couple of other teeth from the same area, to which I am unsure of a species. just wondering if this rings a bell with other Virginia tooth hunters? thanks for your time,