Shannon Billingsley Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Hi everyone! Long time lurker, first time poster haha. I’m still kind of new to this so sorry if this is a super obvious ID, but I was wondering what kind of tooth this is exactly. I was thinking crocodile, but it seems to have a slightly different shape so I wasn’t sure. I found it at Ginnie Sprints in High Springs on the Santa Fe River in Florida. It’s about 2 1/4” long. Thank you in advance for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neanderthal Shaman Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) Looks pretty crocodilian to me. I think typically you'd be able to see some striations going up the length of the tooth, but it seems pretty waterworn. Edited May 7, 2021 by Neanderthal Shaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker @digit 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 May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Crocodilian teeth are pretty hollow in the root and have either 2 carinae for gators or a dozen or so for crocodile. Not really looking like either of these types of teeth. Let's see what others have to say. Cheers. -Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 I think this is a proboscidean tusk, either a juvenile upper or a juvenile lower. 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...
digit Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Would make a whole lot more sense. Thanks, Harry! Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Billingsley Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 That’s crazy exciting! Thank you so much for your help everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Harry Pristis said: I think this is a proboscidean tusk, either a juvenile upper or a juvenile lower. Harry, I was considering that also, along with Kogiopsis. I think you are correct, because I can not detect banding. @digit Did I not see a Montbrook photo with 2 small tusks sticking out of the matrix? Edited May 8, 2021 by Shellseeker The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrow Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Agreed this is probably a juveile proboscidean tusk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Shellseeker said: Harry, I was considering that also, along with Kogiopsis. I think you are correct, because I can not detect banding. @digit Did I not see a Montbrook photo with 2 small tusks sticking out of the matrix? I believe there are no Miocene whale fossils to be found in the Santa Fe River. If there were any Miocene fossils to be found, they would almost certainly be land animal fossils freed from river-eroded sinkholes. 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...
digit Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 8 hours ago, Shellseeker said: @digit Did I not see a Montbrook photo with 2 small tusks sticking out of the matrix? Possible--even quite likely. But not from me. Previous years we've only been able to attend Montbrook for a few days each season (due to living in South Florida). We've been out at least 2X per week for the fall and spring sessions since we've moved up to Gainesville so we've put in more time this year than we have in the 4 years previous. We've run into lots of gomphothere bones over the last several months but there haven't been any tusks found in 2020/21. We're just now back from Montbrook and cleaned-up with the truck unpacked and ibuprofen coursing through out veins. Today was the final day of the spring 2021 volunteer season at Montbrook. The site will be tarped and sand-bagged over the next couple of days to keep it from melting into a sand puddle over the summer rainy season. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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