Fossil ID belemnite or tooth?

[Paolo997]

Hi Forum,

last week me and my little brother (9 years old) went to the Omhden (DE) quarry for our very first fossil catch! I'm new to the 'dig&find' activity and to the fossil identification

i found some good ammonites, apticus, belemnites and some shells. I have a doubt about this specimen. I can't tell if it is a bad preserved terminal part of a little belemnite or a tooth. The vertical fractures that i can't find in other belemnites create me confusion... to increase my doubt, i found a beautiful Micropassaloteuthis Fistulata at the Holzmaden museum that looks pretty similar, but again without stripes. Total length 8mm

 

Thanks a lot

Paolo

[Fossildude19]

Looks like an ichthyosaur or fish tooth to me.

[Rockwood]

10 hours ago, Paolo997 said:

without stripes

They may be indirectly diagnostic in some way, but these appear to be cracks in the enamel.

[Ludwigia]

It's hard for me to tell for sure since the close-up photos when you click on them aren't focussed well enough for me to be able to distinguish the details properly. I'm more inclined to guess that this is the tip of a belemnite rostrum. It would help the determination if you could pry the object out of the matrix for a look at the ends.

[Fossildude19]

@Paolo997

 

Try taking photos outside, in daylight. We need better, more focused pictures of the item.

[Paolo997]

Hi,

i've tried taking photos with different light. Tomorrow i'll follow the suggestion of @Fossildude19 and will take picture with sunlight

 

 

Thanks a lot

Paolo

[Ludwigia]

Thanks for trying, but the resolution still needs to get better. I'm sticking nevertheless with belemnite.

[Paolo997]

Hi guys,

i've taken pictures at sunlight, from different angles

 

Thanks

Paolo

[Paolo997]

Hoping sunlight photos are good enough @Fossildude19

Thanks a lot

Paolo

[Rockwood]

If it's a belemnite exposing the other broken end should show a radial structure.

[Fossildude19]

I'm still thinking tooth. Pictures look much better. 

 

[Advantage]

Looks like tooth, do we see longitudinal cracks in the enamal?

 

Steve

 

[Randyw]

I’m in the tooth camp myself….