sixgill pete Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 (edited) This past Wednesday I decided to take a ride over to my Eocene pit. I have not been over there much lately but as I have shown in the past it has produced some amazing fossils. Well, it did it once again!! Eocene Castle Hayne Formation Comfort Member 43.4 mm (1.71 inch) wide at the base of the tooth. 36.4 mm (1.43 inch) on one slant and 35.4 mm (1.39 inch) on the other slant. This is measuring just tooth. No root. After conversing with @Boesse he says it is probably best to identify it as a milk tooth of a small basilosaurid. An upper P3 or P4. Quite exciting!! Edited October 8, 2022 by sixgill pete 4 39 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...
FossilDAWG Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 God I absolutely love basilosaur teeth - that's such a pretty one too! Jealous, absolutely jealous. 2 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Delicious. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikrogeophagus Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Basilosaur teeth have got to be one of the most aesthetic teeth out there. Nice preservation too. Congratz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 That is just wow! 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...
digit Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 SWEEET!!! Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Beautiful find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Great find - Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 That's a whale of a tooth! ... and a tooth of a whale (sorry, had to be said) 2 "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 That is a very nice looking tooth! Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 10 hours ago, ThePhysicist said: That's a whale of a tooth! ... and a tooth of a whale (sorry, had to be said) 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...
mr.cheese Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 whale done! Very very Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 I'll just go ahead and retract my entry for FOTM. 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...
Troodon Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Congratulations its beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Yummy!!! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjohn170 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Oh my god that is absolutely stunning! Amazing find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 13 hours ago, ThePhysicist said: That's a whale of a tooth! ... and a tooth of a whale (sorry, had to be said) Um, yep...it did have to be said. Glad it was you and not me. That would be a top-shelf tooth in my fossil cabinet for sure. Looking like a FOTM candidate to me. Cheers. -Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Wonderful find, Don. Beautiful! Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Excellent find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Wow, Don! That is gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Such beauty ! Words fail me... Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Never saw one of those before. My God! It sure is impressive! Big congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 I love these teeth! I’m a sucker for shiny teeth with serrations or cusps and this one delivers! Do you surface collect at this site or do you have to mine a layer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 (edited) On 10/9/2022 at 8:30 PM, Doctor Mud said: I love these teeth! I’m a sucker for shiny teeth with serrations or cusps and this one delivers! Do you surface collect at this site or do you have to mine a layer? It's all surface collecting. It's a privately owned agricultural marl pit. The marl is dug then piled up and used for various agricultural purposes. Edited October 11, 2022 by sixgill pete 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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