Eric Smith Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Hi all--I'm new here and this is my first post. I'm here because I am interested in identifying something I found, but I have a feeling I'm going to enjoy hanging out here. I found this on a beach in North Carolina while shark tooth hunting. This is from "the point" at the west end of the Bogue Banks at the Bogue Inlet, in the town of Emerald Isle. I've scoured the internet for matching photos and I can't figure out what it might be...the closest I've gotten is some kind of duck-billed dinosaur tooth. But I'm sure that's wrong. It doesn't look like anything I've found before. I appreciate any insight folks can provide! IMG_9749.HEIC IMG_9751.HEIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Cannot open the pictures. Please post the pictures directly to the site. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 Hi Eric, First off, welcome to the Forum. Unfortunately we can't see your photos. As sixgill pete says, it's much better if you post photos directly to the Forum. Also photos are more stable that way, and photos posted to outside services tend to become broken links sooner or later. A major purpose of the Forum is to provide a long-term repository of searchable information, and that purpose is thwarted when photos disappear and the posts become meaningless. Your fossil sounds intriguing so we would like to see your photos! Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas.Dodson Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 HEIC also isn't supported under the forum software. Here are OP's pictures converted to JPEG. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Smith Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 They are posted directly to the forum using the built in tool; I think the problem might be with the file format, so I've converted them to jpg. Sorry about that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 ?fish skull? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 I think fish is a good guess. The putative bone has bilateral symmetry, so it's part of an axial skeleton. Fused frontal bones (not necessarily Pagrus sp.) is my guess. 1 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...
Eric Smith Posted August 17, 2021 Author Share Posted August 17, 2021 Oh, I never would have thought of that. That's fascinating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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