sharkdoctor Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 This tooth has me stumped. I'd love to have your thoughts. Is it from a ziphiid? Something else? Any chance it isn't cetacean? It was found in the Eastover Formation in eastern Virginia. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 I have a similar tooth from the Bone Valley phosphates in South Florida. When I put it in my drawer in the 1980s, it was as an unidentified odontocete. 2 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Looks like a sperm whale tooth to me. Any ideas @Boesse? 1 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 @MarcoSr 1 On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Here is my specimen. I have this WAG that this is a leading tooth in the prognathous jaws of a platinistid dolphin. 5 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gizmo Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 2 hours ago, sharkdoctor said: @Gizmo Sorry, no clue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 We find teeth like that in the Sharktooth Hill Bonebed too - chunky roots with a small crown. It's a whale for sure and maybe one of the "archaic dolphins" as Harry is saying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkdoctor Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 @siteseer @Harry Pristis Thanks for the thoughts. In this photo, it's hard to see, but the crown is nearly perpendicular to the root. It's almost as if you took Harry's tooth and rotated the crown to be at nearly a 90 degree angle to the root mass. BTW, Harry, I am super impressed that you had instant recall to a mystery find from the 1980's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 @sharkdoctor Bobby identified similar but slightly smaller teeth in this thread: Might be worth checking out... 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkdoctor Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 Yes!!! That sure looks like a winner! Thanks for the post @Shellseeker @Metopocetus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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