ThePhysicist Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Found this tooth at a local rock store. It's about 2.7 cm long. I have no locality information, but I think its preservation suggests its from Lee Creek. It has worn secondary cusps, indicated by arrows. Any information would be much appreciated. "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazee Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Agree that it looks to be from Lee Creek, See this info from Volume IV Part 2 of the North Carolina Fossil Club series of books dedicated to Fossils of North Carolina. In summary ... many small whale teeth arising from the Pungo River sediments of the mine, not well studied. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Many of those double rooted multicuspate molars are likely from late surviving waipatiid dolphins more typically known from the Oligocene. I know the identity of others but shouldn't blab about future research revelations... other than perhaps that the single rooted teeth on the lower left in the NCFC book are the same taxon as "Phoca debilis" from the Oligocene of SC. As for OP's tooth - this looks to me like a specimen of the poorly understood odontocete Tretosphys gabbii: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 @fossilcrazee, @Boesse, thank you both! "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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