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Hello all! I found this partial tooth fossil on the beach and was wondering if anyone could help me identify what it is properly? I did some loose research and it resembles a few images of ichthyosaur teeth. Just a thought but I'd love to hear other perspectives! (Thanks again!)


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2 minutes ago, Meganeura said:

Gator! Or Mosasaur, depending on where you found it.

Neat!! I found it right outside of Longs, SC near North Myrtle Beach if that helps.

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1 minute ago, Alex BC said:

Neat!! I found it right outside of Longs, SC near North Myrtle Beach if that helps.

Gator then, i'm pretty sure. I don't think Mosasaur teeth are found in SC, just NC. 

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Fossils? I dig it. :meg:

 

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3 hours ago, Meganeura said:

Gator then, i'm pretty sure. I don't think Mosasaur teeth are found in SC, just NC. 

Does it matter that it was this close to the border?
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I would agree with broken gator tooth

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1 minute ago, Alex BC said:

Does it matter that it was this close to the border?
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I don't believe so - I think it's north NC that is old enough for mosasaurs. Once again though - I could be totally off here. I'm just leaning big gator tooth.

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It looks like a mosasaur tooth. I can see the faceted surface. There is Cretaceous Peedee Formation exposed around the Myrtle Beach area. Beach nourishment is responsible for a lot of the Cretaceous material being found on the beach.

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I change my vote to mosasaur then. :)

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9 hours ago, Al Dente said:

It looks like a mosasaur tooth. I can see the faceted surface. There is Cretaceous Peedee Formation exposed around the Myrtle Beach area. Beach nourishment is responsible for a lot of the Cretaceous material being found on the beach.

That's so cool! Either one is really very interesting. Thank you for your input!

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11 hours ago, Al Dente said:

It looks like a mosasaur tooth. I can see the faceted surface. There is Cretaceous Peedee Formation exposed around the Myrtle Beach area. Beach nourishment is responsible for a lot of the Cretaceous material being found on the beach.

 

People find megalodon and other apparent Miocene teeth but back in the early 90's I bought what seemed to be an odd group of fossils from Myrtle Beach: a mosasaur tooth, a large Scapanorhynchus tooth and what looked like a large Carcharias tooth.  In fact I was pretty sure it was Carcharias cuspidata.  It seemed like the label was wrong until I was told Cretaceous, Miocene, and Pliocene/Pleistocene could be found on the beach. 

 

 

 

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23 hours ago, Meganeura said:

Gator then, i'm pretty sure. I don't think Mosasaur teeth are found in SC, just NC. 

 

Years ago, I thought South Carolina was an unlikely area for Cretaceous fossils as well but then I started seeing a few Squalicorax teeth from different sites in the state.  I thought I had at least one from the Florence area but have two teeth from Lynchburg (Black Creek Formation) instead. 

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