New for me

[Shellseeker]

When I am running out of time to hunt, I do not take any time to identify a fossil I do not recognize. This was one of those cases.  Today, I am sorting and came across this tooth.

I have my fingers crossed  1) because I have not found a tooth with the crenulated enamel pattern,  and I hope that @Boesse can confirm it as marine mammal.  The location is late Miocene, the tooth is 38.6 mm long.

I know that this type of marine mammal tooth can occur in Georgia and South Carolina. Have others found similar in Florida.  Please post if you have.

Comments and suggestions appreciated !!!   Jack

 

[Shellseeker]

More input,  6 weeks ago I went hunting effectively in the same hole where I found this tooth on Thursday. 

I found a jaw segment without teeth and Bobby identified the jaw section as likely Dolphinodon davidum.

I took the tooth I found Thursday and stuck it into the jaw, attempting to see if it would fit.  Was this tooth the right size for this jaw and the answer seems to be yes. I am not sure that I have the tooth positioned correctly in the Alveoli, and I certainly do not think the tooth necessarily came from this jaw.

[PODIGGER]

Great find Jack.  Hopefully Bobby will get a chance to respond soon.

[Boesse]

Certainly a dolphin tooth, but difficult to identify past "Odontoceti indet." Teeth like this with rugose enamel and simple conical crowns occur in both the Kentriodontidae (ancestral delphinoids) as well as the platanistoid Squalodelphinidae, and also in Iniidae.