Rooted Dolphin/Cetacean Tooth?

[James Savage]

Hello everyone

I found this small tooth yesterday diving in a SE US river spot that has only produced Miocene era materials so far: Shark Teeth-Megalodon, Carcharadon Hastalis (no Carcharadon Carcharias yet), Hemipristis Serra, etc.) and plenty of whale bone, verts, ear bones and teeth.

 

I think this is a small dolphin tooth but I haven't seen one with a root that is pretty much perpendicular to the tooth like this.  I've also attached a couple pics of the other stuff found yesterday for reference.

Thanks for looking.  Let me know if there is another angle that may help with ID.

[Harry Pristis]

For comparison:

 

 

[val horn]

Whale tooth , very nice,  as Harry illustrated.  Dolphin do not have these huge bulbuls roots .

[Harry Pristis]

Odontocete.  I didn't mean to distinguish between whales and dolphins.  They are all whales in my lexicon.

[Shellseeker]

On 9/26/2021 at 3:29 PM, James Savage said:

I think this is a small dolphin tooth but I haven't seen one with a root that is pretty much perpendicular to the tooth like this.  I've also attached a couple pics of the other stuff found yesterday for reference.

James,

You should check out this thread... long but interesting but similar marine mammal tooth

 

[James Savage]

Thanks everyone for looking and commenting.  I'll check out that thread.  Always enjoy reading the previous threads and trip reports.

Thanks again

[Harry Pristis]

First tooth in the mandible of an iniid whale like Goniodelphis.