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Help with a bone valley fossil ID, Central Florida


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Hello all, 

 

On a bone valley fossil hunting trip, I turned up a fossil I was a bit unsure about. My best guess was a sawfish rostral tooth. Let me know your thoughts and some bonus pics at the end!unknown1.thumb.jpeg.c719ff2d7b0228761dbe24b415c36406.jpegunknown2.thumb.jpeg.9f6ff588d0d2259c36093d7dd8de9c0a.jpegunknown3.thumb.jpeg.f646fa58a577e4192d4b6796749bc2b5.jpegunknown4.thumb.jpeg.dc4501caa2745675670c908b6dce6ec4.jpegunknown5.thumb.jpeg.e7ae7a7fca2a69e6150ee87eace95f41.jpeg

 

Here is what I believe to be a porpoise tooth (the other side is a bit busted up)

 

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And here is a riker frame of some of my better bone valley shark teeth I found.

 

 

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Thanks for looking!

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5 hours ago, jforbes said:

My best guess was a sawfish rostral tooth.

The texture seems wrong. In fact, I'm not positive this is even a tooth . 

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caterpillar

+1 for rostral tooth

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Could this be an illustration of why  Ischyrhiza is considered a sawskate ?

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9 hours ago, jforbes said:

My best guess was a sawfish rostral tooth.


Looks like a Pristis rostral tooth.

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Family Fun

I have no input on the identification, but I do love your display, gave me ideas for my bone valley finds.

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Shellseeker

It is a Rostral tooth,  I and friends find shorter and smaller ones in the Peace River but I have long noted that Rostral teeth coming from the Bone Valley phosphate mines look almost exactly like yours...

 

Your 2nd fossil is indeed a porpoise tooth, unidentified to Genus/species.. It might be a kentriodontid dolphin fossil tooth,   Very nice finds...

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