laurie Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Hello! Does anyone happen to know what kind of tooth this is? We’ve never seen one like this before! This was found in summerville, SC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Thats a cool tooth, nice find. It looks pathological can you take a photo of the other side. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 I agree, I think you may have a very interesting pathological shark's tooth there. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 A beautiful patho! A rare tooth indeed. “...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...
laurie Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 Here’s the back of it and a closer shot of the front. What does pathological mean if you do t mind my asking? We are new at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 9 minutes ago, laurie said: Here’s the back of it and a closer shot of the front. What does pathological mean if you do t mind my asking? We are new at this. A pathology is an abnormality in the tooth growth from the norm ... resulting in a deformity or malformation. Sometimes caused by disease , malnutrition, growing in poorly in an odd position, crowding, injury to the area etc... etc ... Nice tooth. Cheers, Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Now that is one awesome tooth! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 One possibility is a tiger shark that one of the shoulder cusps grew very large Photo from fossilguy.com 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 The picture of the lingual side looks like it has serrations, so I am going to through Great White out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurassicParkCarnotaurus Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Heres a picture of a pathological Tiger tooth. Looks similar to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurassicParkCarnotaurus Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Whoops- photo from Robert C on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Yeah, I agree with Physogaleus or Galeocerdo. “...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...
laurie Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 Thank you everyone! Super cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Great find! 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...
PaleoNoel Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Nice find! And I think it likely comes from a Physogaleus contortus (extinct tiger shark). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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