Miatria Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 This turned up in my screen. It has an unusual look to it so I don't want to toss it until I can get a better idea of what it might be. The inside looks like dentin instead of bone. It's 2" long. Zookeeperfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Miatria said: This turned up in my screen. It has an unusual look to it so I don't want to toss it until I can get a better idea of what it might be. The inside looks like dentin instead of bone. It's 2" long. Intriguing exterior, I can not discern any Schreger lines that would allow a description of tusk. The interior seems to be enamel to me. Without any strong opinion, I am thinking whale .. Note that there are both latitudinal and longitudinal lines on the exterior of the whale tooth below. I can not quite recall who I was hunting with when I found it. Still, I have no conviction and will be curious to have someone identify The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 If they are whale teeth @Boesse should know. 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 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Very interesting, what ever they are! Definitely don't toss them. Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 This reminds me of the tip of a walrus tusk, a rare but not unknown fossil in Florida. I believe that the best-known dugongid (Metaxytherium) has a rounded, not a spikey canine. In any case, it is an unusual find. 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...
Boesse Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Hi all, this is a tusk of the Mio-Pliocene sea cow Corystosiren varguezi. These are not very common; we've got a nearly identical piece here in our collections at CCNHM. Corystosiren has blade-like tusks with enamel only on one side (I believe the lingual side) and the labial side is just dentine/cementum. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 which reminds me the compleat sorbi cap 4=systematics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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