Spr Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) Found on Holden Beach, North Carolina. The most similar fossil I have to it is a dolphin tooth but this item is noticeably different from my dolphin tooth (thinner ‘chewing surface’ and much different root shape). Any help is appreciated. Edited April 4, 2022 by Spr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikohr Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Hi, Nice find! It looks like a Rostrum tooth from a sawfish. 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Agree - Sawfish rostral spine. 1 1 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...
sixgill pete Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Ischyrhiza mira. Cretaceous aged sawshark. 1 2 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...
Carl Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 And there's been a recent update to terminology: since these are more closely related to skates than to modern sawfish and sharks, they are now being called sawskates. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, Carl said: And there's been a recent update to terminology: since these are more closely related to skates than to modern sawfish and sharks, they are now being called sawskates. ...or we can just forget about common names for fossil taxa! Appreciate the update of course. Hadn't heard this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 9 hours ago, Carl said: And there's been a recent update to terminology: since these are more closely related to skates than to modern sawfish and sharks, they are now being called sawskates. also thanks for the update Carl 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...
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