Kansas shark tooth

[SomethingIsFishy]

This is a tooth I found in Northwest Kansas (Graham Co.). It is 100 percent complete. It looks like nothing I have ever seen before. It has cerrated edges which leads me to believe it is Squalicorax Sp. but I am not sure because of its odd and blunt shape.

[Darktooth]

Close-up pics would truly help. From what I can see though, this tooth appears pathological.

[SomethingIsFishy]

What do you mean by "pathological"? 

[SomethingIsFishy]

I couldn't get closer photos because my camera isn't very good. Sorry.

[bthemoose]

Is it serrated? If so, then it’s a pathological Squalicorax (crow shark) tooth. If not, it is probably unidentifiable without clearer photos.

 

Pathological means it’s abnormal/malformed. See this page for further info on pathological shark teeth:  http://www.elasmo.com/frameMe.html?file=refs/terms/patho.html&menu=bin/menu_refs-alt.html

[SomethingIsFishy]

31 minutes ago, bthemoose said:

Is it serrated? If so, then it’s a pathological Squalicorax (crow shark) tooth. If not, it is probably unidentifiable without clearer photos.

 

Pathological means it’s abnormal/malformed. See this page for further info on pathological shark teeth:  http://www.elasmo.com/frameMe.html?file=refs/terms/patho.html&menu=bin/menu_refs-alt.html

It is serrated. Thanks for the help.