KimTexan Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 I found this out at the Lost Creek Dam site near Jacksboro, Texas. I think it’s a tooth. It’s very small. Just over 1 cm long. Can anyone tell me what it is from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Flip it over and take a photo. If it is calcium carbonate then it is probably part of a shell, nautiloid, brachiopod etc. My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 while I am no help in IDing this; I am not seeing a tooth. 1 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...
KimTexan Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 I believe you’re right. While I was there someone found one of these in the pic below. I thought mine looked similar to that, but I can see the distininction now. Maybe you can see how I might confuse the 2 if I’d only seen it one time for a few seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Definitely a piece of shell. And from that site it could be a piece of any number of critters. As you see more and eventually find your own teeth you will get an eye for the enamel that true teeth have. Sometimes the phosphatic shells (often dark shiny blue or black) of inarticulate brachiopods can still fool me, but with closer inspection I can tellthe difference. I think you have a fragment of a gastropod or ammonoid. ER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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