Gabriella810 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 (edited) I found this at Atlantic Beach, NC. I have no idea if it's a fossil, if it's a tooth, or what it is! I know that shark teeth are extremely rare in this area, and it isn't serrated or curved at all. I don't have a clue what it is! I hope someone knows thank you! Edited June 27, 2016 by Gabriella810 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 welcome. That's a broken bit of a shark tooth. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Hello Gabriella It is a shark tooth. Maybe a sand tiger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 (edited) Hi Gabriella. Yes it is a broken bit of a shark tooth. When you say Atlantic Beach are you referring to the circle area, down towards Fort Macon or in the other direction towards Pine Knoll Shores. The reason I am asking is that the Fort Macon area does produce the occasional tooth, but if it was in the circle area or towards Pine Knoll Shores it would be a rare find for that area, not a rare tooth though. At the very east end of the Island (the beach faces south there) near the point at Emerald Isle there are teeth found regularly though not in large amounts. B.T.W. there was a swimmer bitten on the foot by a shark this past weekend at Fort Macon, most likely a small spinner shark in my opinion as they are very very very common in that area. But it seams that is becoming a common summer occurrence on the central and southern N.C. Coast. And, welcome to the forum. Edited June 27, 2016 by sixgill pete Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrieder79 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Agreed. Most likely broken sand tiger. Luck is the most important skill of a fossil diver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Hi, I don't think this tooth is broken. I think that is a tooth which hadn't ended its growth and which was thus positioned behind the jaw, under tissues of the last rows. In my area, we find many teeth of this shape. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriella810 Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share Posted June 28, 2016 Thank you so much everyone for your replies! I really appreciate it. I'm on the Fort Macon side, I found this in the surf one afternoon. I've been out every morning for a couple hours combing the shore but haven't found anymore. Maybe I'll try Emerald Isle next! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Welcome to TFF!! Nice find. Good luck on the hunt! Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Broken tooth, replacement teeth missing the root are usually hollow, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriella810 Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 Thank you all!! I appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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