lesofprimus Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Just acquired this whale tooth, listed as an Odontocete from the Yorktown formation in Aurora North Carolina... trying to possibly narrow down the species, so I'm hoping there's someone who has some indepth experience with this formation and type of tooth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 If anyone can identify it, it would be @Boesse 1 1 “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesofprimus Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, Top Trilo said: If anyone can identify it, it would be @Boesse Appreciate the tag! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 47 minutes ago, lesofprimus said: Just acquired this whale tooth, listed as an Odontocete from the Yorktown formation in Aurora North Carolina... trying to possibly narrow down the species You probably won’t be able to get a species name for this. These enamel lacking whale teeth are usually lumped together and identified as “sperm whale”. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 This tooth is Kogiopsis, a pygmy sperm whale in Florida... You might try finding a tooth, of a pygmy sperm whale from Aurora for comparisons The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesofprimus Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 5 hours ago, Shellseeker said: This tooth is Kogiopsis, a pygmy sperm whale in Florida... You might try finding a tooth, of a pygmy sperm whale from Aurora for comparisons After looking on the web, I believe you're correct on it being a Kogiopsis floridana tooth... almost identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, lesofprimus said: After looking on the web, I believe you're correct on it being a Kogiopsis floridana tooth... almost identical. I actually meant for you to go looking for Aprixokogia Kelloggi, from Aurora as your post above indicates.... You would have found this wikipedia entry below.. Kogiopsis floridana MIGHT be the same as Aprixokogia Kelloggi, but we only have a single mandible with 16 teeth as the holotype and then just isolated teeth found in Florida. I would suggest you use that named whale from North Carolina, or better yet Kogio .indet , which is basically Indeterminate Pygmy Sperm Whale.... Quote Aprixokogia is an extinct genus of cetacean in the family Kogiidae that lived during the Pliocene in what is now North Carolina. [1] It shared its habitat with ancestors of the modern pilot whale and pygmy right whale, as well as sea turtles and Pelagornis.[ You also might have found this link, which has a photo of a tooth from a Pygmy Sperm Whale from Aurora... https://blogs.cofc.edu/macebrownmuseum/2016/12/02/friday-fossil-feature-fintastic-surfprises-from-lee-cones-whale/ Edited February 21, 2022 by Shellseeker 3 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 There's not really anything else I can add aside from: -We have no idea if there are one or more species of enamel-less sperm whales in the North Atlantic Pliocene -Kogiopsis is a tooth taxon and Aprixokogia is a skull taxon with no overlapping parts, and may be the same taxon -There are at least three or four sperm whales, based on periotics and teeth, known from Lee Creek 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesofprimus Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 17 hours ago, Boesse said: There's not really anything else I can add aside from: -We have no idea if there are one or more species of enamel-less sperm whales in the North Atlantic Pliocene -Kogiopsis is a tooth taxon and Aprixokogia is a skull taxon with no overlapping parts, and may be the same taxon -There are at least three or four sperm whales, based on periotics and teeth, known from Lee Creek Appreciate your input none the less man, thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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