crikkifrogger Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Hello Everybody! I am a shark scientist with the company SharkDefense and was given a very strange fossil today...I believe it to be a fossil anyways. This potential fossil was collected in 20 fathoms of water off the coast of Massachusetts while scallop fishing. My first guess was it was a molar of some kind, but i've never worked with fossils before so i'm pretty clueless. Any info would be appreciated. I do not have a ruler on hand at the moment, but this potential fossil is 8 in (L) x 2.5 in (W) x 7 in (H). Thanks, Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Hello, and Welcome to the Forum from Connecticut!!! I'm not an expert by any stretch, but it looks like a mammoth or mastodon tooth. See examples here: http://www.ansp.org/...hus_gallery.php Others more knowledgable will probably weigh in shortly! Pretty neat! Congratulations, and Welcome, again. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briman Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 That is a very nice mammoth tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 The identification of this piece as a mammoth tooth looks to be correct. On an unrelated note, what sort of work do you do over at SharkDefense? I've always had a bit of an interest in marine biology, an interest which generally focuses on sharks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 not sure if you wanted replies here due to the email address posting, but the spambots will have a field day with that address. at any rate, if the tooth wasn't soaked in progressively less salty water until it was in fresh water for quite some time and then carefully dried and consolidated with something good, then it's likely to over time crack and delaminate and generally crumble due to the salt in it. gotta get the salt out of stuff like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crikkifrogger Posted May 29, 2010 Author Share Posted May 29, 2010 Thank you guys/gals for your help! Also, thanks for pointing out the spamming issue! I updated the forum and removed my address. In terms of the research I do, I study the various sensory systems of elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays) to determine which sense would be best to target for a repellent. My research is highly focused on the use of magnets and electropositive metals to repel sharks from baited hooks, as well as, beach nets. I have a 4 year project that is about to start which requires me to work with great whites!!!! I'm very excited. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Sounds like pretty cool work, and I hope you have some success with that repellant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Thank you guys/gals for your help! Also, thanks for pointing out the spamming issue! I updated the forum and removed my address. In terms of the research I do, I study the various sensory systems of elasmobranchs (sharks, skates and rays) to determine which sense would be best to target for a repellent. My research is highly focused on the use of magnets and electropositive metals to repel sharks from baited hooks, as well as, beach nets. I have a 4 year project that is about to start which requires me to work with great whites!!!! I'm very excited. Thanks again! Welcome from MD Yes, as everyone has said you have a nice mammoth tooth there Glad to hear about your work. It's some very interesting stuff. I heard something a while back that some makos were not as repulsed by such electropostive material as some of the other sharks, is there any truth in that? The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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