PODIGGER Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Picked this up last week in the Peace River, FL. When I took it out of the screen I gave it a quick look and thought it might be a ray barb (was distracted by a nice dolphin periotic in the same tray) and stuffed it in my pouch. After getting home and taking another look I saw enamel and what I take for an angled bite surface. I have looked through my reference materials and searched on line but have yet to come up with a match. I am thinking land mammal but have not ruled out some type of cetacean. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, PODIGGER said: I am thinking land mammal but have not ruled out some type of cetacean. My first impression was a camel incisor .. (but the typical size is all wrong) they can have some crazy shapes. @Shellseeker do you have any experience with incisors ? Cheers, Brett Image Credit: Paleo Enterprises and Prehistoric Florida Cheers, Brett Edited April 12, 2021 by Brett Breakin' Rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PODIGGER Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 Thanks Brett looks like a good idea. Hopefully Jack can confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: My first impression was a camel incisor .. (but the typical size is all wrong) they can have some crazy shapes. @Shellseeker do you have any experience with incisors ? Cheers, Brett The photos that encourage me to agree with Camel/Llama incisor are the 2nd and 3rd. It have thin enamel which is not so true of cetacean. The shape in photo #2 is almost exact to the one in my hand, except mine is one of the left from center incisors. I believe that yours would be right of center... Not enough to be positive, but Camel/llama incisor is the most likely identification... 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Here's my Hemiachenia macrocephala lower incisor from March of 2019. Took a group of Scubanauts (teens and pre-teens) from Tampa out to experience fossil hunting on the Peace. They got lots of shark teeth (and a few nice megs). I spent most of my time making sure they were having fun and answering questions. Took a few minutes to sift a few screens for myself and this was one of two fossils I kept that day (the other was a small shark vert the size of an aspirin). Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Here are some incisors: 2 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Harry Pristis said: Here are some incisors: Harry, A very large % of blue teeth that I find are Camel/Llama.. Any correlation with your finds of blue teeth? I also have a blue Camel/Llama incisor.. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PODIGGER Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 Brett, Jack, Ken and Harry - Thank you all for your responses. I am confident to call this a camel incisor based on the information and pictures you have provided. Jim W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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