Iaimelina Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) I found this "tooth" on the beach in Cornwall a few summers back and I'm curious on what it actually is. If it is a tooth...from what animal? It's about 1.1 inches in length. Edited June 24, 2014 by Iaimelina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Looks like a water worn piece of crab claw or shell, to me. Not seeing the enamel you would expect on a tooth. Regards 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iaimelina Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 I looked it up and it does look like a fossilized crab claw...thanks for helping me identify it. Not as cool as a possible tooth, but still pretty interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusFossils Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Certainly a crustacean claw, tough it has a rather odd shape to it. No grooves on the inside of the "bow", very strange. I also didn't know that cornwall (ontario?) had such monster crabs/lobsters. Website: https://www.instagram.com/paleo_archives/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- “It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.” ― Edgar Allan Poe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iaimelina Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 I found it during low tide in Cornwall, England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iaimelina Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) On St. Ives Bay to be exact Edited June 24, 2014 by Iaimelina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taogan Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Looks like a worn lobster claw, you can get some big lobsters on the Cornish coast. Medium size tastes better though. It probably isn't fossil, just well worn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I'm not really getting a crustacean vibe from this; it looks more shelly. Could be the worn trailing-end of a whelk-like gastropod. "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...
Carl Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I too get a crustaceany feel for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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