david.clem Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Found what looks like a large tooth washed up on the beach last week in Wilmington NC. I need help trying to identify it. Attached is a picture with a dime used for scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PA Fossil Finder Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I have no experience with this, but to me it looks like a sperm whale tooth. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 If that is a coin you've used for scale, this item is far too large to be a tooth (doesn't matter the coin, which I can't make out). I also can't make out any enamel-like feature, so I suggest (for want of close-up pictures) that it may be bone. "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...
powelli1 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Hi we need more photos but I DON"T think it is a tooth of any thing I have seen before it look more like some kind of bone. THANKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 The shape makes me think that it may be a dugong rib. A shot of the cross section would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 (edited) I agree more pictures would help. Look's like bone to me. Edited April 5, 2013 by masonboro37 Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Bone I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLB Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Tusk maybe ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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