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Dolphin tooth from Sharktooth Hill?


-Andy-

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Hi all, can anyone tell if this is a dolphin tooth, and what species it is? It's a gift from @JBMugu

 

It comes from Sharktooth Hill of Bakerfield, California. Round Mountain Silt Member of the Temblor Formation. It measures 1.7 inches long.

 

Could it be Kentriodon?

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18 hours ago, ynot said:

Hey Andy,

Nice tooth.

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Thanks, I can see the similarities here.

 

@Boesse Any idea?

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Can’t help with any info sorry but I just wanted to say it is a stunning tooth. :wub:

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I find some with thin roots and others with more bulbous roots. See picture for comparison. 

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Odontoceti indet. - not possible to identify further. It is a large tooth that could come from several of the medium sized non-sperm whale dolphins. There are a host of published/unpublished kentriodontids, which I think this is closest to, but the teeth of most homodont odontocetes all blend together.

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