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Tooth or no tooth?


Steven Joseph

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Just acquired this “tooth” from an antique store… showed it to a rock hound here in Utah.. he said it looked like a Sauropod juvenile’s tooth.. can you comment and help?

 

 

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Not a tooth, but a Belemnite. The radial calcitic structure is a dead giveaway, as well as the hole in the center for the phragmocone.

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A cephalopods… cool will pass that onto my nephew… he would love it fora first fossil!  Thank you for the quick response

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I agree with @Fossildude19. Belemnite for all the reasons he listed.  
 

26 minutes ago, Steven Joseph said:

A cephalopods… cool will pass that onto my nephew… he would love it fora first fossil!  Thank you for the quick response

 

Not a bad first fossil at all! :thumbsu:

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