? Bony fish tooth

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 Hello
 I’m wondering if you can help in perhaps identifying this specimen from Hunstanton I collected. I’m sure it’s bony fish so ? Class Osteichthyes . I think it’s possibly a tooth with associated bony  material from the jaw. The specimen > is 14 mm x 13 . Scale included in photos. possibly a palatine fang from Enchodus or suchlike ?

It’s from the Ferriby chalk at Hunstanton, collected from the Cenomanian, Totternhoe stone , Upper Cretaceous . The zone is difficult to be positive about as the specimen was collected from a loose block at beach level. So possibly either A. rhotomagense or if from the upper part of the Totternhoe stone A. jukesbrownei .

The photos are the best I can manage with my limited equipment.

Best Wishes

Steven Bowerman

Edited February 24, 2022 by Advantage
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I don't see any enamel, so not a tooth.

Likely a bit of skull bone - maybe a pre-operculum ?

 

 

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Thank you for your suggestion, it helps me a lot.

Steve