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Is this a dolphin/whale tooth?


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This one is a first for me. Online sources indicate perhaps dolphin/porpoise/whale?

 

Can anyone narrow it down?

 

Myrtle beach find.

Thank you!

- Paula

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Delphinoidea indet., or better yet, Delphinida indet. These teeth are present in several different odontocete families (Kentriodontidae, Delphinidae, etc.)

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1 hour ago, Boesse said:

Delphinoidea indet., or better yet, Delphinida indet. These teeth are present in several different odontocete families (Kentriodontidae, Delphinidae, etc.)

Thanks Bobby, I knew you could put a better name to it than just small cetacean. ;)

 

 

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20 hours ago, Boesse said:

Delphinoidea indet., or better yet, Delphinida indet. These teeth are present in several different odontocete families (Kentriodontidae, Delphinidae, etc.)

Thank you, Boesse!

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On 4.2.2020 at 2:14 AM, Boesse said:

Delphinoidea indet., or better yet, Delphinida indet. These teeth are present in several different odontocete families (Kentriodontidae, Delphinidae, etc.)

 

Although it is surely true that a narrower ID than Delphinida indet. is not to be made, I wonder if we can at least exclude the porpoises? Nowadays porpoises do have quite distinct spatulate teeth, I think a fossil delphinid with conical teeth would not be called a porpoise/phocoenid either?

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J

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