arationallens Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Wondering if this could be fossilized/agatized coral, a fin, a plant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 (edited) In my opinion, this is more exciting than coral, fin, or plant: It's a fragment of mammoth tooth! Nice find! Edited December 29, 2022 by Carl 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arationallens Posted December 29, 2022 Author Share Posted December 29, 2022 @Carl Really?!! That’s so cool!! Tooth crossed my mind because of the marrow-like center but I didn’t knife what animal could have such a flat tooth. Thank you so much!! I have one more possible fossil that I’m not sure about. I was thinking turtle shell. Just added photos. If you happen to have any idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 22 minutes ago, arationallens said: @Carl Really?!! That’s so cool!! Tooth crossed my mind because of the marrow-like center but I didn’t knife what animal could have such a flat tooth. Thank you so much!! I have one more possible fossil that I’m not sure about. I was thinking turtle shell. Just added photos. If you happen to have any idea! People might suggest that this one is a crocodile osteoderm but I think it's not a great match. It looks like a fragment of mammal bone exposing the cancellous interior. And as for mammoths having flat teeth, they actually don't. You have one of many plates from a HUGE tooth. Google images of mammoth teeth and you'll see what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Yup, @Carl is correct on both counts - first is definitely the root of a Mammoth molar - the molars are made from layered plates, you've got the tip of a root from one such plate! And the second piece looks more like mammal bone over turtle shell. Definitely not a crocodile osteoderm - those are much more rounded and have much more pronounced holes. 1 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomethingIsFishy Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 Cool find! I remember when I was little and I went on my first fossil hunting trip. I found a mammoth tooth fragment and ever since I found that, I had been hooked on fossil collecting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted December 30, 2022 Share Posted December 30, 2022 Mammoth teeth: A Mammoth plate: I found a total of 6 individual plates over a couple of weeks in 2019.. It seemed like sand was erasing the cementum between these plates... The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 On 12/29/2022 at 9:18 AM, Meganeura said: Yup, @Carl is correct on both counts - first is definitely the root of a Mammoth molar - the molars are made from layered plates, you've got the tip of a root from one such plate! And the second piece looks more like mammal bone over turtle shell. Definitely not a crocodile osteoderm - those are much more rounded and have much more pronounced holes. Neat finds. I like the turtle/tortoise shell possibility as I'm thinking the linear groove is possibly a worn sulcus......here's a scrap I have that has some similarity to the unknown... Regards, Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyvaldez7.jv Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) Looks like the mammoth root fragment I found! Nice. Edited December 31, 2022 by johnnyvaldez7.jv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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