SunnySmilodon Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Hey everyone! I found this particular tooth at Purse back in March and have had no luck IDing it. Any ideas? I'm loving the colors on it though. The other side has an awesome dappled grey appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Hemipristis sp. 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...
DatFossilBoy Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Yep. Very warn Hemipristis. Nice tooth! regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Yeah that’s a hemi, must of been brought via anthropogenic means as purse is a Paleocene site with no hemis. “...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...
SunnySmilodon Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 9 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: Yeah that’s a hemi, must of been brought via anthropogenic means as purse is a Paleocene site with no hemis. I thought it may have been but the fact that purse doesn't have them was what threw me off. Thanks everybody! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 On 5/14/2018 at 4:29 AM, WhodamanHD said: Yeah that’s a hemi, must of been brought via anthropogenic means as purse is a Paleocene site with no hemis. I've found very rarely very worn Cretaceous teeth at Purse like Squalicorax that most likely washed downriver from upriver Cretaceous sites. This Hemipristis contaminant tooth is an example of why researchers don't put a lot of scientific value on teeth found in float versus directly from a formation. Marco Sr. "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...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 2 hours ago, MarcoSr said: I've found very rarely very worn Cretaceous teeth at Purse like Squalicorax that most likely washed downriver from upriver Cretaceous sites. This Hemipristis contaminant tooth is an example of why researchers don't put a lot of scientific value on teeth found in float versus directly from a formation. Marco Sr. I guess that’s why it’s says ammonites can be found in the information sheet in front. That always confused me. “...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...
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