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Need Help Indentifying Tooth From Calvert Cliffs


ajnthony

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Went fossil hunting today with my sons after a bad storm that rolled through over the weekend at Calvert Cliffs in Maryland. It was a pretty good day hunting. My sons only lasted about an hour because of the heat. Anyways, we came across this object which we think is a tooth. We have been wrong before. Any help is much appreciated as always. I am also including a photo of our finds today.  

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I think it's bone, or possible a worn scute.

“...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin

Happy hunting,

Mason

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Bone is clearly visible on the broken surfaces. What comes to mind is a tibia/fibula that's fused proximally, but that's just a guess. This is some sort of bone from a tetrapod (rather than fish, I think). Unclear if mammal or sea turtle; if marine mammal, it's not something I immediately recognize.

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