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I always find a lot of these when looking for small shark teeth at Douglas Point, MD. I’m guessing they are fish teeth. If not, might toss them.3AD75630-3BA7-4886-BC5D-C20439BC8536.jpeg.d1625f50cf73159ed3e8ee0098f51abf.jpeg

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Picture is too small to make out any details.  :( 

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@Searcher78 Better pictures will help. It is very difficult to determine from the picture and from the limited papers on fish. However, I can tell you that barracuda teeth are quite common there, I just found one recently at Douglas Point. You may want to look up some pictures of fossil barracuda teeth. The Calvert Marine Museums fossil guide has some great pictures of them.

You may  have to scroll down a little :)

https://www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/335/Fossil-Teeth

 

Of course, there are tons of different fish teeth there. Smaller ones that I don’t see in your pictures are the pinfish, and I don’t see any drum or wahoo teeth in your picture either. Until I really get bored, I tend to lump these teeth together as fish teeth ;)

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10 minutes ago, FossilsAnonymous said:

@Searcher78 It is very difficult to determine from the picture and from the limited papers on fish. However, I can tell you that barracuda teeth are quite common there, I just found one recently at Douglas Point. You may want to look up some pictures of fossil barracuda teeth. The Calvert Marine Museums fossil guide has some great pictures of them.

You may  have to scroll down a little :)

https://www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/335/Fossil-Teeth

 

Of course, there are tons of different fish teeth there. Smaller ones that I don’t see in your pictures are the pinfish, and I don’t see any drum or wahoo teeth in your picture either. Until I really get bored, I tend to lump these teeth together as fish teeth ;)

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Thanks, I have barracuda and drum fish teeth from there. Just didn’t know if it was possible to I’d any others, especially if they are tiny (4mm or less). I will probably just put them all together as generic “fish teeth”.

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33 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Picture is too small to make out any details.  :( 

Closer pics. There is enamel on the tips and edges.

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@Searcher78 it is especially difficult to find some papers on the smaller fish teeth..: however I’m probably not looking hard enough ;)

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20 hours ago, Troodon said:

These look like barracuda teeth

These are the 4 different looking fish teeth I find at Douglas Point. A canine looking tooth, a thin spiny looking tooth, a barracuda tooth (flat house-looking tooth), and a drum fish tooth (round button-looking tooth). I find lots of the first one.

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7 minutes ago, Troodon said:

I was talking about the ones in these image

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Those are the same as the first one, maybe bad angle in pic.

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Nice finds!

You'll want to have a copy of Dr Weems' Fisher Sullivan site close to hand for these fishy bits. It is a great visual reference for Virginia/Maryland. It is specific to a somewhat younger formation, but close enough to get you to a reasonable ID quickly. It is available for free at:

https://www.dmme.virginia.gov/commercedocs/PUB_152.pdf

 

The above teeth are listed on pages 84 and 85.

 

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PS As I understand it, some TFF members contributed to this volume.

 

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On 6/4/2020 at 12:07 PM, sharkdoctor said:

Nice finds!

You'll want to have a copy of Dr Weems' Fisher Sullivan site close to hand for these fishy bits. It is a great visual reference for Virginia/Maryland. It is specific to a somewhat younger formation, but close enough to get you to a reasonable ID quickly. It is available for free at:

https://www.dmme.virginia.gov/commercedocs/PUB_152.pdf

 

The above teeth are listed on pages 84 and 85.

 

-aaron

PS As I understand it, some TFF members contributed to this volume.

 

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Thank you, it is very helpful.

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Just saw this topic. There are no barracuda teeth at Douglas Point. The formation there is the Paleocene Aquia Formation. Barracudas don't show up until the Eocene. Several of the teeth you have pictured are mackerel type teeth that belong to the genus Scomberomorus. The Fisher-Sullivan book is a good reference for these.

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2 hours ago, shark57 said:

Just saw this topic. There are no barracuda teeth at Douglas Point. The formation there is the Paleocene Aquia Formation. Barracudas don't show up until the Eocene. Several of the teeth you have pictured are mackerel type teeth that belong to the genus Scomberomorus. The Fisher-Sullivan book is a good reference for these.

Thanks for re_opening this thread.  I am trying to identify what I believe is an unusual fish tooth from Florida miocene.

 

On 6/3/2020 at 4:39 PM, Searcher78 said:

These are the 4 different looking fish teeth I find at Douglas Point. A canine looking tooth, a thin spiny looking tooth, a barracuda tooth (flat house-looking tooth), and a drum fish tooth (round button-looking tooth). I find lots of the first one.

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I am definitely interested in this last photo... Can I see a photo of the root?

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9 hours ago, shark57 said:

Just saw this topic. There are no barracuda teeth at Douglas Point. The formation there is the Paleocene Aquia Formation. Barracudas don't show up until the Eocene. Several of the teeth you have pictured are mackerel type teeth that belong to the genus Scomberomorus. The Fisher-Sullivan book is a good reference for these.

You are absolutely right, I have not found barracuda or drum fish from Douglas Point. I believe two of my barracuda teeth from the Calvert side got mixed in accidentally. I did find a modern drum fish and similar fossils that reminded me of drum fish, but not drum fish.

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6 hours ago, Shellseeker said:

 

Thanks for re_opening this thread.  I am trying to identify what I believe is an unusual fish tooth from Florida miocene.

 

 

I am definitely interested in this last photo... Can I see a photo of the root?

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Your tooth seems larger than the ones I find. Here is a root pic.

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6 hours ago, Searcher78 said:

Your tooth seems larger than the ones I find. Here is a root pic.

Thanks for your response.  I am just checking every possible source. As I am sure you are aware, identifying what seems to be predatory fish teeth is not easy.

I occasionally find a Drum fish tooth, (same place I found the fish tooth above) IF they are too big to fit thru my 1/4 inch screen.

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