Merritt Island Matrix (Pleistocene) - Umm...Scute...Inverted Alien nipple...I have no clue

[GeschWhat]

I don't even know what to say to describe this one. The only think I could think of is come kind of scute/scale.

[calhounensis]

I'm thinking it is a drum tooth.

[GeschWhat]

I'm thinking it is a drum tooth.

I don't know if you can tell from the photos, but the little nipple thing is on the inside of the cup, and the hole is on the convex side. Are drum teeth like that? I have found a number of drum teeth in the matrix in a variety of shapes and sizes, but none are like this. You may be right, but looking up drum teeth online, I can't find anything similar.

[GeschWhat]

I have taken some photos at different angles with my regular camera and added them to the views of those I took under the microscope with my iPod. I don't know if this helps. I have another interesting concave piece that I think might be part of a scute as well, but I haven't photographed it yet.

[fossilized6s]

I agree with drum tooth, it's just a cap.

[old bones]

Lori, I have found quite a few of these in various matrices. Here is a picture from when I started that shows the same kind of tooth still intact. Charlie is right, it is a cap.

[GeschWhat]

I was really hoping it was something unique. I guess it threw me because the protruding nipple-like thing is in the bottom of the concave portion. I feel so drum