The Dude Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Hi again , I found this in the peace river in Nocatee , FL Looks like a tooth but maybe just a rock ? About 14mm long maybe bear tooth? Thank you as always! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunterc123 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Kinda looks like a mosasaur or crocadilian tooth to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Not going to be Mosasaur, the sediments are too young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dude Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 For hunterc The marine fossils found in the Peace River are mostly from the Miocene epoch and vary in age depending on specific location to between 5-15 million years in age. mosasaur would be much older Mosasaur - Late Cretaceous Occurred: 100.5 million years ago - 66 million years ago Seems this tooth? Is much thicker and more curved then all the croc teeth I found in this river , guess I'll put it in my "not quite sure" collection , thanks for the comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 The problem is that it is too water worn to be sure it is anything. It might be a broken piece of a dolphin apogee. or even if enamel, it might be a worn mastodon tooth fragment. Here is a canine from last week and I cannot clearly identify it. It might be bear, it might be wolf, it might even be panther. Identification is hard. but there are a lot of alligator teeth in the Peace River. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 15 hours ago, Shellseeker said: Identification is hard. but there are a lot of alligator teeth in the Peace River. And some are still attached to their owners. Be careful out there. I once met a gator in Texas. They're not as scary as meeting a moose up close, but I haven't heard of anyone dying from moose bite. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 On 4/7/2020 at 9:18 PM, The Dude said: Looks like a tooth but maybe just a rock ? I'm currently in the "rock" camp as I've seen a lot of worn phosphate cobbles that look like this. Try some photos on a darker background with better lighting (like outside). Black fossils are a real pain to photograph to allow the surface details to be seen as they all hide in the shadows. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 I've cropped and brightened the photos. Looks like a phosphate pebble to me. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Yup. Agree. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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