rsf444 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Found this object in the sand at Galveston today. Is it an infant shark tooth? Is it just an ironic rock? If it is a tooth, what possible shark is it? Pls help. Thank you! object measures about 1 inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.C. Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 My guess is a weathered oyster shell. Does not appear to be any enamel leading me to not think a tooth. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 I agree. Not a tooth. Difficult to tell from the photo if it is an oyster shell. It's possible, but I wouldn't bet my life on it. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry c Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 not a tooth, but looks like poorly preserved bone or oyster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 This is part of an oyster, likely the umbo, as seen in this illustration. Image from HERE. 3 4 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 +1 for oyster umbo. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 You've convinced me. Oyster umbo. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 I agree with the others, and the specimen is nicely bioeroded. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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