Finder808 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Hi, just joined the forum after browsing some very informative posts. My wife and I found the items pictured on the beach on Oahu, Hawaii. They appear to resemble others' pictures of porcupinefish dental plates. I have found info on similar finds from the Philippines, Australia, and Florida, but nothing from Hawaii. What we are mainly wondering is whether these are fossilized or just hard due to being made of tooth material (we have not found any still attached to a jawbone). Sorry about no coin in the photo for scale, the largest specimen is about 1 inch or 2.5 cm. As we say in Hawaii, Mahalo for any insights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Welcome to TFF! Nice tooth plates. I would think they are most likely recent not fossil. 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...
Carl Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Can't say if they are fossil or recent, but I can say they are simply gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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