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Looks like a great white tooth.

But to be sure would like to see better pictures and other views.

Also a location would be nice (city, county)

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Welcome here. I agree with Tony. The location is important to have an idea of its age and so for a better identification.

Could you show us a photo of both sides and less blurry (it's better if you use the zoom).

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Welcome to the forum from New York! Nice find!

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Hi Kandee!

Since you are probably just here to make a quick ID ask, I'll assume that you found that from San Diego, as that's where you live according to your profile. As everyone else said, its more likely a great white shark tooth. This is based on the  perfectly triangle shape with fine serrations on all sides of the crown (The smooth and shiny blade part of the tooth), as well as the absence of cusps (smaller crown-like material which appear next to the main crown), which is unique to only great whites and other extinct Carcharodonts (all three traits at once). San Diego is known for being one of the places in california that produces a small hotspot for shark teeth, which are dated Neogene/Quarternary, making the species usually modern fauna or extinct species of modern genuses. The top-left corner appears to be broken off, and some simple rinsing in clean water would do, if you would like to have that tooth perfectly clean. Nice find!

If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM!

 

 

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Yes I found it in a canyon in San Diego back in January 2016. But sad enough someone stole it from me. I still cant get over it

How about this one

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8 minutes ago, Kandee k. said:

Yes I found it in a canyon in San Diego back in January 2016. But sad enough someone stole it from me. I still cant get over it

How about this one

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it got stolen? Rip man, you just have to hate it when people take your hard-earned things without permission. And that's a common seashell btw, they should be very common in seashores.

 

2 minutes ago, Kandee k. said:

Is this coral?

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We can't really tell what that is, maybe you can post sharper pictures of it in different angles as well, but that doesn't look like coral to me. It could be bone material, but needs better pictures.

If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM!

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Kandee k. said:

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It still looks like bone material, but I'm still uncertain. Are you finding this on a cliff?

If you're a fossil nut from Palos Verdes, San Pedro, Redondo Beach, or Torrance, feel free to shoot me a PM!

 

 

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Common tooth, just Send it to me and you don't have to deal with it:P

just kidding (I will gladly take it though:P)

Real response:

Oh my! Those great whites are rare and treasured! Great find! The shell is a scallop, all I know are chesapectin, I don't know if that's found over there, it's nice and complete though. The white thing looks like a bone to me...

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I agree you're third and last photos look like bone fragments, but it's unsure.

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The tooth is as others said a great white tooth, and a rather nice one. Such a bummer someone stole it. The shell is a pecten, a.k.a. scallop shell. Maybe Argopecten or Euvola; not sure what species are on the west coast. The third item, the one others say looks like bone. I really have no idea, but it gives me kind of a crabby feel.

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