Curved Striated Tooth

[Kman100]

Hey so this tooth was found In big brook, nj.

It has really stumped me.

Any ideas?

[Auspex]

Odd...

I'm not even sure it's a tooth.

[obsessed1]

Could it be a very worn/ broken lower anterior Goblin shark tooth? The root seems to be not preserved well od eroded away and the ttop half of crown broken off?

[rejd]

I was thinking maybe a denticle.

[Kman100]

Well it's definitely not a shark tooth. I have attached a pic of it and a goblin (or porbeagle?) shark tooth for comparison and its simply not the same material.

It could be a denticle, but it would seem very thick and large for a denticle.

I am now beginning to think that is indeed not a tooth.

Thanks for all feedback though!

[non-remanié]

its definitely a very worn anterior goblin shark tooth, Scapanorhynchus texanus, as obsessed1 suggested. the enameloid is worn down to almost nothing, thats why it looks like a different material.

Edited September 9, 2013 by non-remanié

[cfin1974]

it is a broken goblin.. here in my part of Nj Goblins are all I find I'm 150% sure

[Carl]

I'm with the goblin sharkers. Kman100: be very cautious with emphatic assertions.