Craig Little Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I have two teeth shown below. The long skinny ones I have been told are whale teeth and the other I was told is a porpoise tooth. I found images in a book showing it may be a wolf sized dog, a seal or or possible a whale shark. Anyone have any opinions? I have a few of both in a display shot in the last image. Thanks in advanced for the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 The long skinny ones (i.e. first photo) are physteroid sperm whale teeth - but occur both in some physeterids (Orycterocetus) as well as dwarf sperm whales (Kogiinae). Most of the other teeth are not diagnostic past Odontoceti (toothed cetaceans). Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Little Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 Thanks for the identification. These answeres are what I have believed for years until I started looking in gthe Neophytes Guide and started doubting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down under fossil hunter Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Great teeth to have in your collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwhitty2012 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Cool collection! The vertebrae may be fish vertebrae. The long piece laying horizontal may be a turtle neural scute. It is hard to tell from looking at one side. Is it flat on the back with like a ridge on the part shown? These are some turtle neural scutes I've found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Govinn Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 GREAT collection of teeth. I'm not sure if you know it or not, but that bottom right tooth is a cow shark symphyseal... it's a pretty rare tooth. I have over 300,000 shark teeth and only 3 of those... (disclaimer: most of the places I hunt don't have cow sharks, but still...). The root looks broken off, but the blade is nicely preserved... History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. ~Sir Winston Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Little Posted March 3, 2013 Author Share Posted March 3, 2013 Thanks for the feedback! I do know that it is a rate cow shark and only have one of them. I don't find them often but picked up 2 today. Not symphyseals. Found some great Mako's and a decent Meg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyce Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 WOW! They are FANtastic! Definitely jealous over the cowshark symph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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