A Summerville, SC find, canine tooth?

[Brad s.]

Edited September 30, 2022 by Brad s.
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[Meganeura]

27 minutes ago, Brad s. said:

Every picture except this one gives me more tooth root vibes - is this enamel, though? Pictures are quite blurry so it's very hard to tell. Personally I think it's a dolphin/cetacean tooth root.

[Brad s.]

I attempted some closeups, and using magnification I picked at the ends and found the powdery material easily removed from the darker mineral body.

[Meganeura]

5 hours ago, Brad s. said:

I attempted some closeups, and using magnification I picked at the ends and found the powdery material easily removed from the darker mineral body.

I'll be perfectly honest - the new pictures don't help too much to distinguish. You'll need clearer pictures for sure, and even then I'm not sure if you'll get a positive ID. Though the magnified pictures don't look like they show enamel, so I think root of a tooth, probably cetacean, is still most likely.

[Brad s.]

Thank you. This piece does look to me like a root of a cetacean tooth. I am still a novice at identification, but I can see how one end tapers down like these teeth do, and has a round end where a crown could have been.