PrehistoricWonders Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Hello, I’m new to TFF and have a couple of fossils I wanted to know if anyone could ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 Is this ivory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marfijak Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 I'm thinking that the first picture is a worn pufferfish mouthpart. Second may be a barracuda tooth if it is flat but I can't really tell from that picture. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Welcome to the forum! The second looks like part of a tooth with predation/feeding traces (aka bite marks) You might want to post a photo of the other side of that one. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 Thanks for the replies! Here’s the other side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 Hey, I was looking at that tooth with possible bite marks on it recently and was wondering what it was and if it is bite marks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 @Shellseeker @Bone Daddy @Harry Pristis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone Daddy Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 The backside view of the black piece reminds me a shard of mastodon enamel. The front side looks like a partial alligator tooth. The opposite side doesn't look right for either of those. Weird. The marks could be predation, scavengers, or maybe wear and tear. Gators (if it's a gator tooth, which it might not be) will bite a lot of stuff and those teeth do get damaged. Agree with Marfijak, the first one looks like a puffer fish plate. The suspected ivory could be a river-tumbled, broken fragment of dugong rib. Sometimes they have rings like that. Could be ivory, but my gut is saying dugong rib. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Bone Daddy said: The backside view of the black piece reminds me a shard of mastodon enamel. The front side looks like a partial alligator tooth. The opposite side doesn't look right for either of those. Weird. The marks could be predation, scavengers, or maybe wear and tear. Gators (if it's a gator tooth, which it might not be) will bite a lot of stuff and those teeth do get damaged. Agree with Marfijak, the first one looks like a puffer fish plate. The suspected ivory could be a river-tumbled, broken fragment of dugong rib. Sometimes they have rings like that. Could be ivory, but my gut is saying dugong rib. Thank you for the response!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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