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Does anyone know what creature these teeth belonged to? I found the first one about a year ago and I found the second one two days ago, and I think they came from the same animal. I am pretty sure a whale but I have no idea what kind.

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These are the first teeth of this kind I have found, Im pretty sure mammal k-9. maybe seal?

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Last, could someone confirm that this is a hubble meg tooth.

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There are three reasons why I think they are not croc teeth.

Here is a croc tooth on the right and the tooth I found on the left. At first glance the do look round the same general size and shape.

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1.)But look at the cross section of the same two teeth, the croc tooth has much thinner edges.

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2.)Im not 100% sure on this but I remember hearing about how mammal k-9's have a sharp edge or edges, and i noticed my dogs teeth are like this as well. Look at the tooth I found compared to the croc tooth and notice the two distinct sharp edges.

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This is a rotation of the croc tooth from right to left 3 pictures, all the edges are more or less smooth with no sharp sides.

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3.)last when comparing one of the whale teeth above in cross sectional view to the suspected k-9, they look very similar, more so than the croc tooth at least.

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the same goes for the other tooth it also has sharp edges.

*also I pretty much already knew teeth in the first two pictures were whale, but I was wondering if someone knew the species or had more detailed information on it besides just its a whale.

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Here are 2 croc teeth from the London Clay of Herne Bay, Kent, England. Note the cutting edges on tooth 1, (3 pic's).

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Ok that is exactly what the second tooth cross section looks like, looks like I was incorrect Croc it is! thanks to everyone for that ID. :goodjob:

my other croc tooth might be more worn down and may be a smaller tooth over.

but still, any whale info?

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