hippyfairy Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 This washed up with the surf in Panama City Beach Florida 2018. I cannot find what kind of tooth this is anywhere. Its cold and hard like a tooth. Please help me identify the type and era it came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 I don't think this is a tooth, rather a tooth shaped fish bone - maybe part of a skull. Not seeing any enamel on the piece and one side has fish-like ornamentation. Cropped and brightened. 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...
sixgill pete Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I fully agree with Tim on this. 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...
hippyfairy Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 I'm definitely not denying you all are right, thats why I came here. However, I have saw several teeth without the enamel on them . I also started searching for tooth shaped bones of any kind and I'm having a hard time finding any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Welcome to TFF! I agree with the fish bone fragment ID. This piece has the basic shape of a shark tooth, but is missing the other characteristics of a tooth. You will not be successful searching for "tooth shaped bone" because it is worn fragmented pieces of bone that sometimes resemble a tooth and not an actual whole bone. You are right that some (shark) teeth do not have the enamel anymore, but they will still have some features that can make it possible to say it is a tooth (but not much more). 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...
abyssunder Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I also agree with fish skull element. To me, it looks like a worn Sea Robin skull. " 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 June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 21 hours ago, hippyfairy said: I'm definitely not denying you all are right, thats why I came here. However, I have saw several teeth without the enamel on them . I also started searching for tooth shaped bones of any kind and I'm having a hard time finding any. As Tony stated, your piece is very water worn, but I'd wager that it started out quite a bit like one of these: Photo taken from this post. 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...
hippyfairy Posted June 24, 2018 Author Share Posted June 24, 2018 Thanks everyone,I can see it definitively being a sea robin skull,or fragments of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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