agateheart Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 (edited) Hi everyone. I found this tooth on an Oregon beach near Yachats in the winter of 2015. It was in the wrack line. It has never been properly identified, although I've heard some interesting theories/guesses from saber tooth to sperm whale to walrus. It is 3 inches long. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks! Edited February 7, 2017 by agateheart Needed to add descriptive info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Welcome to Looks like a sperm whale tooth to Me. Lets see what @Boesse has to say about it. Tony 2 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...
Boesse Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I think I may have seen this specimen before. It's a sperm whale tooth. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agateheart Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Fabulous! I appreciate your help. Happy to have found y'all! I tried to get it ID'd through a Facebook group page, so it's possible it's been seen there. Thanks again. Ash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agateheart Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Any idea how old this tooth might be? @Boesse Thanks again for the ID. Ash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I agree with a sperm whale tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 That tooth is beautiful! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Stratigraphic provenance is a bit of a problem with this one. I do not know what lies to the south, but 1) sperm whales have a Miocene-Recent range and 2) the nearest Miocene outcrops (Astoria Fm.) are well, well north near Newport. Matter of fact, there aren't really any Miocene deposits at all around Yachats. Or even Oligocene deposits. Then again, the map I have ends just about a mile south of Yachats so I don't know what lies to the south. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agateheart Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Thanks, @Boesse My ten year old and I are doing all the research to decipher what this means. I know a mammoth tooth was found a few years ago in Florence, south of Yachats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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