Gus the Grinch Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus the Grinch Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 Tooth root is very similar to other teeth that are common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus the Grinch Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 It is striated on the crown in such a way to suggest that it ate hard shelled prey. Basically a shell crushing tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus the Grinch Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 10 minutes ago, Gus the Grinch said: Does anyone know this tooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Pictures are kinda blurry but I think I see ptychodus teeth. “...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...
Auspex Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 These are all Ptychodus teeth. The narrow 'bar' that is the subject of the post is a lateral from the pavement. 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus the Grinch Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 Thanks, I was thinking that but wasn't sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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