NOVA Sharktooth novice Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Went shark tooth hunting on a frigid day and found hardly any shark teeth, probably buried in the snow/ice, but did find this in the slush. Anyone able to identify it? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Need better pictures and multiple angles to make an ID. 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...
sixgill pete Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 As ynot said better more close up pics from all angles are needed to help ID. 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...
abyssunder Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Brrrrr....frozen teeth. (I don't want to know how the mammoths suffered dying in the permasfrost of Siberia.) BTW, it's a nice find and a good season for hunting. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Looks like part of a fish jaw, to me. More photos would help, as previously stated. Views of both sides, from the top, bottom, and both ends. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 It certainly is fishy at any rate. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sixgill pete Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 First thanks for the additional pics, they are very helpful. Definitely fish jaw. I believe Baracuda or possibly Wahoo. Excellent find. Congrats. If you could get somegood clear closeup pics of one or more of the teeth we may be able to tell you the species for sure. @MarcoSr 2 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...
NOVA Sharktooth novice Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 Thanks! Here are two additional photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Looks like tuna or mackerel. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Al Dente said: Looks like tuna or mackerel. From the new pictures, I am inclined to agree. 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...
NOVA Sharktooth novice Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 Cool! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 17 hours ago, NOVA Sharktooth novice said: Went shark tooth hunting on a frigid day and found hardly any shark teeth, probably buried in the snow/ice, but did find this in the slush. Anyone able to identify it? Thanks! 16 hours ago, abyssunder said: Brrrrr....frozen teeth. (I don't want to know how the mammoths suffered dying in the permasfrost of Siberia.) BTW, it's a nice find and a good season for hunting. I didn't know Virginia was so cold, brrrr ! "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Pretty neat fish jaw ya got there! Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Al Dente said: Looks like tuna or mackerel. 5 hours ago, sixgill pete said: From the new pictures, I am inclined to agree. "In the living species of Scomberomorus, the teeth are replaced in waves so that, at any given time, every other tooth in the tooth row is erupted and the intermediate teeth are unerupted" Kent 1999. This specimen looks like Scomberomorus sp. (Spanish mackerel) to me and matches the mackerel jaws that I have. Marco Sr. 3 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOVA Sharktooth novice Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share Posted January 8, 2018 Great! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 11 hours ago, Al Dente said: Looks like tuna or mackerel. Thunnus was my gut impression - teeth are too conical and spaced far apart to be wahoo (Acanthocybium) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) is another possibility. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Below you can see some extant examples of the possible ids: Spanish Mackerel Bluefish Tuna These teeth/jaws are very similar. Marco Sr. 2 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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