Shellseeker Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 If you had asked me yesterday, what fossil I would most want to find on a hunt today, I would have said a complete large whale tooth. It came my way !!!! and I had a great day with a TFF fossil hunting friend, who guided me to the exact right place to dig! But I have questions. Is or can this 4.5 inch tooth be Kogiopsis .sp? Is the enamel only visible in fossils? I found another whale tooth approximately 20 feet from today's whale tooth (above). Can these two teeth be from the same species? Thanks for all comments and suggestions. Jack 1 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 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 One for @Boesse. Nice finds! 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...
doushantuo Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Can't get more classical,theriologically speaking As you probably know,that's a very famous name in cetacean paleontology 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Olly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Congratulations, Jack! Nice one, too! Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Kogiopsis is a reasonable guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted March 20, 2017 Author Share Posted March 20, 2017 10 hours ago, Boesse said: Kogiopsis is a reasonable guess. Thanks Bobby, I have looked at a number of pictures of Kogiopsis fossil photos trying to determine if the tooth I found above is "complete". In this thread from 2010, you and Harry discussed Kogiopsis and Harry provided In a photo drawing of Florida Kogiopsis teeth that look almost exactly like the one I found Saturday. In another TFF Thread from 2009, another Kogiopsis fossil find has where seems to be a cementum cap over the enamel tip. I think that Pharoh's find from 2009 is the best example of a complete Kogiopsis fossil tooth that I see on the internet. Truth is that almost all of my questions have been answered in old TFF threads. Just needed to do a little searching. Jack The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Way to go, Jack. Those are some beauties! ~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...
FossilDudeCO Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Great finds! Congrats on a great day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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