Joyce Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 As we all know, GMR is good for random chunks of things. I found these 2 yesterday. The first i thought was tusk. The second I picked up because I thought it was a split whale tooth but then I got home and saw faint lines and rings. The third looked like enamel but I can't match it to anything. Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Miocene_Mason Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Perhaps it’s just me, but may be others including myself don’t know what GMR is (I am assuming a river somewhere in Virginia?). Assuming it’s miocene, first is looking like a broken whale or dolphin tooth (which do have layers). 1 “...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...
Joyce Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 1 hour ago, WhodamanHD said: Perhaps it’s just me, but may be others including myself don’t know what GMR is (I am assuming a river somewhere in Virginia?). Assuming it’s miocene, first is looking like a broken whale or dolphin tooth (which do have layers). It is Green Mill Run in North Carolina. And it holds many layers of fossils up to 65 million years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Just now, Joyce said: It is green mill run in North Carolina. And it holds many layers of fossils up to 65 million years ols Oh, I’ve heard of that. A few late Cretaceous deposits as well as later deposits (to which I suppose this be belongs). Sticking to my original ID but let’s see what others say. “...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...
Joyce Posted March 18, 2018 Author Share Posted March 18, 2018 It runs from ice age to Cretaceous. Thanks for your opinion anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 All three look like pieces of tusk 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 March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I agree with ynoT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 21 hours ago, ynot said: All three look like pieces of tusk to Me. @Joyce Julie found that 8" piece of walrus tusk in GMR back in Oct., so we know pieces of tusk have been found there. Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyce Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 1 hour ago, SailingAlongToo said: @Joyce Julie found that 8" piece of walrus tusk in GMR back in Oct., so we know pieces of tusk have been found there. Ya!! I heard that lucky so & so did! This doesn't look like walrus from any reference though. Dude I know found a mastodon tooth in there. I was just trying to figure out what these weird rando pieces were if they are. BTW how's Mrs. SA2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 I have found walrus and elephant ivory at GMR. Mostly in pieces like yours. However I do have a large piece of walrus tusk base from there. I am thinking elephant for yours. 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...
Joyce Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 Just now, sixgill pete said: I have found walrus and elephant ivory at GMR. Mostly in pieces like yours. However I do have a large piece of walrus tusk base from there. I am thinking elephant for yours. Thanks Pete! I was really conflicted about the pointy piece because whale teeth are also found in there. The inside jist looked different. You think that tiny piece is too?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 8 minutes ago, Joyce said: Thanks Pete! I was really conflicted about the pointy piece because whale teeth are also found in there. The inside jist looked different. You think that tiny piece is too?? The pointy piece could be whale tooth. All of these would likely be easier to I.D. in hand. 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 March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 The lack of Schreger patterns exclude proboscidean tusk. " 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...
Jniederkorn Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Oops, sorry, turns out that the 8" walrus tusk that SA2 referred to was later identified as a whale tooth. It was initially identified via a photo, always good to get an opinion with the fossil in hand. Miss ya Joyce! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyce Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, Jniederkorn said: Oops, sorry, turns out that the 8" walrus tusk that SA2 referred to was later identified as a whale tooth. It was initially identified via a photo, always good to get an opinion with the fossil in hand. Miss ya Joyce! Awweee Julie! I hate that for you but a whale tooth is still cool. Thats why I originally kept the 2nd piece. Oh yes! You are correct about that!! I miss you too!!! Hopefully get to see you at one if the NCFC trips or if nothing else, Aurora!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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