Muraco Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Found small tooth at Frankstown, 20 mile creek, Mississippi. Known as a Cretaceous outcrop. Tooth was mixed among shark teeth. Any ideas is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 It may be too worn to ID, but it looks to thick for a sharks tooth, maybe therapod? “...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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Looks like a crab claw tip to Me. 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...
izak_ Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I think I see a boney texture, does it stick to your tongue when you lick it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Pretty sure that's not a tooth. As Tony has said a crab claw looks more likely John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muraco Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 It does stick to the tongue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I am fairly positive it is not a tooth of any kind. I do not believe it is a crab claw either. I think it is a small worn broken piece of bone. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 1 hour ago, sixgill pete said: I am fairly positive it is not a tooth of any kind. I do not believe it is a crab claw either. I think it is a small worn broken piece of bone. I agree, there are several possibilities, e.g. a process from a vertebra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 I see a root tip from some sort of mammal tooth. ~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...
jcbshark Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Not familiar with what all is found up that way but I'm with Charlie as it could be the root end of a mammal tooth. I have some horse incisor bits like that Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muraco Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Thanks so much everyone! My 10 year old son and I love to go fossil hunting, and I want him to understand the importance of learning from the experts on identification techniques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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