Small teeth ID

[Jazfossilator]

Found Myrtle beach, South Carolina where Cretaceous, Pliocene, and Pleistocene aged material can be found. These teeth were mixed in one of my past years shark tooth boxes. The first one I thought could be just a very worn sharks tooth but it’s equally wide on both sides from the edge which I haven’t seen in sharks teeth. Any suggestions welcome! Tooth 1 is 11mm long and Tooth 2 is 12mm long.

[Troodon]

Looks a bit like a barracuda tooth

[sixgill pete]

Can we get a picture straight on the base of each tooth.

[Jazfossilator]

11 minutes ago, sixgill pete said:

Can we get a picture straight on the base of each tooth.

 

[Darktooth]

First one looks similar to barracuda as troodon suggested. Second looks like enchodus. But I didn't think Cretaceous material was found at Myrtle beach?

[Jazfossilator]

22 minutes ago, Darktooth said:

First one looks similar to barracuda as troodon suggested. Second looks like enchodus. But I didn't think Cretaceous material was found at Myrtle beach?

There is Cretaceous material, from the Pee Dee formation at Myrtle beach, I had wondered about enchodus.

[Plax]

I like enchodus for both of them but with some reservations for the first. Knowing what formation something comes from sure does make ID easier. With Myrtle Beach having everything from ammonites to mastodon teeth the guessing can get wild! The neogene shell bearing strata are in scour fills in the late Cretaceous Peedee Formation. That big quarry on the bypass is very deep and below sealevel and is mostly indurated Pliocene Goose Creek Limestone on top of the Peedee. The Peedee is at the surface at other locations but usually will have the Pleistocene Cane Patch or Early Pleistocene Waccamaw Formation on top of it. The area is a classic example of scour fill geology. We have it here n Coastal NC as well. You have to keep in mind that the Peedee was exposed and then repeatedly inundated during various transgressions of the sea. If a valley was eroded during a low stand it would fill with sea life as well as sediment during the next high stand. Erosion during the next low stand would bevel the landscape off leaving the valley or scour fills behind.

[sixgill pete]

Like @Plax I to like enchodus for both of these teeth. And also with some reservation for the first.

[Jazfossilator]

That’s pretty sweet, I wonder if I have more of these hiding, thanks guys!

 

Very true Plax, it’s a neat area geologically! Thank you for the info

4 hours ago, Plax said:

I like enchodus for both of them but with some reservations for the first. Knowing what formation something comes from sure does make ID easier. With Myrtle Beach having everything from ammonites to mastodon teeth the guessing can get wild! The neogene shell bearing strata are in scour fills in the late Cretaceous Peedee Formation. That big quarry on the bypass is very deep and below sealevel and is mostly indurated Pliocene Goose Creek Limestone on top of the Peedee. The Peedee is at the surface at other locations but usually will have the Pleistocene Cane Patch or Early Pleistocene Waccamaw Formation on top of it. The area is a classic example of scour fill geology. We have it here n Coastal NC as well. You have to keep in mind that the Peedee was exposed and then repeatedly inundated during various transgressions of the sea. If a valley was eroded during a low stand it would fill with sea life as well as sediment during the next high stand. Erosion during the next low stand would bevel the landscape off leaving the valley or scour fills behind.