Pearl Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Went to explore the creek with my family to enjoy a beautiful, peaceful day. My hubby found a tooth in the creek bed that cuts into Cretaceous clay and I initially thought it was a shark tooth but not like any I had seen before. Also, found something with crosshatched markings and was wondering if it is a fossil or just an erosion pattern on a stone. Thanks for taking a look.(Hands look like fossils)This measures about an inch across Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 The first item is a sawfish rostral tooth. Very nice find. I don't have a clue what to second item is. 4 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Harvey Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I agree with the sawfish rostral tooth for #1. For my money, #2 is a pottery shard with some kind of netting imprint on the outer surface. I haven't seen that pattern before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 As said the tooth is a Cretaceous sawfish rostrum tooth; Ischyrhiza mira. And a very nice one I may add. Great find. The second item does indeed look like a pottery shard to me also. 2 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCSTer Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Definitely in agreement with sawfish rostral tooth for #1, but not really getting "pottery shard" for #2. Markings might be a bit too symmetrical, but maybe turtle carapace? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 The second one is man-made. The crosshatched pattern looks like it was made with twisted string. Plaster, cement or pottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Scylla said: The second one is man-made. The crosshatched pattern looks like it was made with twisted string. Plaster, cement or pottery. I definitely see the twisted string pattern. I find spear points occasionally in this creek so the pottery makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 6 hours ago, M Harvey said: I agree with the sawfish rostral tooth for #1. For my money, #2 is a pottery shard with some kind of netting imprint on the outer surface. I haven't seen that pattern before. Awesome! That's our first sawfish rostral tooth! I didn't think about the other being pottery but now I see the rope pattern. Thanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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