tmac Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Found recently at Venice Beach Florida. Any idea what this is - possibly a worn horse tooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Porcupine fish mouthpart. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Although the upper left and lower right do look like fish tooth plates the other two pictures (end views) do not show the plate structure of a Diodontidae tooth plate. I am not sure, but think it is a piece of an ivory tooth or tusk. 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...
Peace river rat Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 23 minutes ago, ynot said: Although the upper left and lower right do look like fish tooth plates the other two pictures (end views) do not show the plate structure of a Diodontidae tooth plate. I am not sure, but think it is a piece of an ivory tooth or tusk. I agree, on the not fish mouth plate, find a ton of them in the peace. Pretty strongly agree on what it is not IMO. What it is...unsure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmac Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 Thanks - for what it's worth if feels like a tooth - do horse teeth - if really worn ever look like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, tmac said: do horse teeth - if really worn ever look like this Does not look like a horse tooth. 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...
abyssunder Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Maybe a sawfish rostral fragment? " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 What has Me confused is the spiral appearance of the internal view in the upper right picture. Hey @GeschWhat could this be one of those spiral coprolite things? 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...
GeschWhat Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 3 hours ago, ynot said: What has Me confused is the spiral appearance of the internal view in the upper right picture. Hey @GeschWhat could this be one of those spiral coprolite things? Tony Nothing like I've seen. It's the thought that counts Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 A bit out of my area of expertise (and area period), but it looks geologic to me. Take a picture of the other end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Those rings in the end views brought marine mammal (not walrus, maybe dugong?) or cetacean tooth to mind. Dugong ribs also have similar rings, but the size and exterior texture isn't typical for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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