Trevor Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Hello everyone, this is a tooth I found on a recent hunt in the NJ Cretaceous of New Jersey. I originally believed this tooth to be either xiphactinus or plesiosaur but now I think it is simply an enchodus tooth. Identifying the tooth is very troublesome in that it seems to potentially have characteristics of either creature. The tell tale sign that pushed me to thinking it was enchodus was the base of the tooth. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TNCollector Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Yep, Enchodus ferox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 5 minutes ago, TNCollector said: Yep, Enchodus ferox I think it was the curve of the tooth that threw me off. I usually don't find such a large one with the curve. : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 1 minute ago, Trevor said: I think it was the curve of the tooth that threw me off. I usually don't find such a large one with the curve. The bigger ones like that are certainly less common. I have a handful that are longer than 2 inches from Mississippi that have that curve. Enchodus fish got pretty big. Edit: I have one about 2 inches that is still connected to the jaw, but I am not sure where I have it stored... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarrodB Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Enchodus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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