RedHeadWelder Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 It's not a big fossil. My hubby and I think it's a buzzsaw shark tooth. Anyway, we can't figure out what kind of buzzsaw shark it's from or if it's even that kind of fossil. It looks like a doll shoe, but it is a fossil. Any help would be appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites
ThePhysicist Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Hello and welcome! If this is a fossil, it may be something like a horn coral - but I'm not very knowledgable about invertebrates. I can however rule out Helicoprion. Their teeth are narrow and blade-like, with smooth enamel. Link to post Share on other sites
Ludwigia Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 I'm not at all certain what this could be, and I am relatively familiar with invertebrate fossils. It doesn't appear to me to be a coral, otherwise one would normally be able to see the septa on the inside.. And it certainly is not a buzzsaw tooth. Link to post Share on other sites
FranzBernhard Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 These striations are veeery regular. And criss-cross each other at certain places. At the tip and one of the sides it looks malleable. Some sort of metal, maybe? Not a fossils, but something man-made. Maybe some kind of bullet? Franz Bernhard 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 It is not a tooth - I see no enamel, or even tooth morphology. That said, I'm not sure of what it is otherwise. Where was it found? County, town??? Link to post Share on other sites
Shellseeker Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 5 hours ago, FranzBernhard said: Not a fossils, but something man-made. Maybe some kind of bullet? Franz Bernhard I am also thinking lead.... which is a soft metal and should be able to take scrappings if it is lead... Link to post Share on other sites
daves64 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Looks sort of like part of a shoe from an old human figure toy or statue. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
RedHeadWelder Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 Not metal, that was our first thought also as it is heavy for its size, or at least some sort of cast or carving of a shoe from a figurine. Completely mineralized however, and the hollowed area under better magnification looked very similar to bone material. We thought it could be from a whorl tooth after seeing a nearly identical profile in a photo from an online research site. We live in an area of Seattle that was built up back in the day with dredge material from Puget Sound. Maybe I can get someone from the university to check it out. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Randyw Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) Way back in the mists of time when the world was young and so was I, there was a fine grain concrete statue of a girl with her shoes off. This very much reminds me of one of the shoes if it was broken off…..it was offered in 3 sizes and that’s about the right size for the small size one…… definetly man made though Edited July 6, 2021 by Randyw 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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