gwbh Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) I went out in some of the roughest conditions I ever care to experience in a kayak today, 3 foot swells with extremely high winds up to 40 mph, after the first 10 minutes I was completely soaked from head to toe. However it was well worth the trip when I found this dagger like pathological meg. At first glance it looks like a broken tooth, but the entire tooth structure is intact. Slightly wavy serrations on one side, then on the other the serrations start at the tip but end after about a centmeter and the rest of the right side is completley smooth. This was my first patho tooth, around 3.5 inches. A very strange tooth in my opinion. ~found a few other good teeth as well Edited February 25, 2012 by gwbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyc Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I'll take storms in my canoe over a day at work......looks like you were well rewarded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 That patho Meg is wild! Having serrations that just...stop...is something I've never seen (AND it's your firth patho tooth!). Congratulations! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Some very nice teeth! Well worth the trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THobern Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Very interesting tooth. I've had a few with that pathology; my understanding is that the tooth split during development, producing two teeth. I'm guessing that's what leads to the length of rounded, unserrated blade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwbh Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 (edited) That makes sense. When I view it from the serrated side it looks like it could be a whole tooth. Much in the same way as if you look at a broken in half tooth from the good side, you cant see the other half. Edited April 23, 2012 by gwbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsherri Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 super tooth, sounds like a bad day offshore fishing with 3 foot swells.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I love that patho meg, very unusual. great find. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwbh Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Could someone tell me how to properly clean this tooth without damaging it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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