Another Oddball Tooth

[drobare]

So... I was on the Chesapeake Bay a few weeks ago and I found this little oddball.

At first I thought it was plant based, because it sort of looks like a plant bud.

But when I picked it up, it is definitely a tooth. You can't tell from the pictures but the top of the black root is hollow inside.

 

I actually suspect that this is not a fossil and that it is a current tooth, partly because of the vibrant colors. 

 

I figured I would ask the experts. :-)

 

any chance of this being Miocene?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Al Dente]

I looks like a Tautog tooth.

[steelhead9]

It does look like a tautog tooth, but it would be white if it was modern day. I think, based on the color, it probably is earlier than Holocene. Nice find!

[MarcusFossils]

Jeez..that's one ugly fish! 

 

[drobare]

Thanks!! I am MUCH more excited about this tooth now..

I am so glad I picked it up..

 

I find that life is a lot like fossil hunting.. You never get what you are searching for, but if you just relax and enjoy it, sometimes you get something even better..!

 

:-)