Rocky998 Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 So, about 4-5 years back I was at Aurora NC and they have a fossil dig there that is made up of gravel and dirt from a phosphate mine that regularly finds huge megladon teeth and other ocean fossils. When I found it, there were two men who were helping me identify sharks teeth and other fossils... As soon as he saw it he asked if he could hold it and then said he was jealous and he had seen nothing like that before... Now, 4-5 years later, I had it sitting in a glass frame and I looked at it one day and went, "what the heck are you". Then I asked about it on a general thread section on an aquarium forum I'm in and they said it looked to be some sort of croc tooth and then I looked it up and saw a spinosaurous tooth... Thats what I think it is, but spinos are from North Africa, meaning multiple storms probably brought it to the east coast. Someone else said that it could be horn coral, which makes sense, BUT it only has a small resemblance of a few horn coral fossils... I thank you in advance for any help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 It looks like part of a Squalodon tooth. There are no dinosaurs at Aurora. Much too young. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 First spinos are Creataceous. The fossils in Aurora are Miocene / Pliocene and Pleistocene. Way to young for spinosaurus. Looks like a piece of squalodon tooth to me. 2 1 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...
sixgill pete Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I see Al Dente beat me to the punch. 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...
Rocky998 Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, sixgill pete said: First spinos are Creataceous. The fossils in Aurora are Miocene / Pliocene and Pleistocene. Way to young for spinosaurus. Looks like a piece of squalodon tooth to me. Yes! Thats exactly what I was thinking, that spinos were from apx 90-110 million years ago while Aurora has fossils from about 25 million years back... So after looking up squalodon teeth it does in fact look a lot like a part of a squalodon tooth! Thank you all very much! I have a ton of other things that could be identified but Idk if I want to post that much LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky998 Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 16 minutes ago, Al Dente said: It looks like part of a Squalodon tooth. There are no dinosaurs at Aurora. Much too young. Sorry, for some reason I didnt see this post. Thank you so much for identifying this for me! I agree that Aurora doesnt have fossils that are REALLY old but it really did look like a spino tooth when I was doing some of my own research... But a squalodon tooth definitely makes a lot of sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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