Kaiya Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Found on North Florida beach. About 10 x 7.5 millimeters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Looks to be a steinkern piece to me - the internal mold of a gastropod. Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 This is part of an "Emmon's fish tooth". Not really a tooth but a bone from a fish. Here's some from North Carolina. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Al Dente said: This is part of an "Emmon's fish tooth". Not really a tooth but a bone from a fish. Here's some from North Carolina. Years back, we discussed one of my finds as a possible Emmon's fish tooth.... but it was not... I have never seen the like before or since until yesterday.... Did you ever ID it? Edited August 25, 2022 by Shellseeker 1 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Because the complete examples have bilateral symmetry, they are part of the fish axial skeleton. I'd guess these "teeth" are fused frontal bones, homologs to the Sparidae "fish noses." 2 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I agree with @Al Dente. 1 Fin Lover My favorite things about fossil hunting: getting out of my own head, getting into nature and, if I’m lucky, finding some cool souvenirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 14 minutes ago, Shellseeker said: Did you ever ID it? No, but I still think it is related to an "Emmon's Fish Tooth". Not sure if anyone will ever figure out what fish these Emmon's fish teeth come from. Most Pliocene fish fossils that are identifiable from the East Coast are from species that are still around today, but no modern Emmon's fish teeth are ever found to my knowledge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Harry, interesting suggestion. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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