Eomigrans Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 I recently found this in a creek in Gainesville, FL and would like to figure out what it is. My best guess would be a worn-down beaver incisor, but it could just be an oddly broken bone for all I know. The 'tip' looks like it had repeated wear in life, and the 'root' has two circular indentations. The cross section is 14mm at the 'root', and the indentations are roughly 4.5mm diameter each. Let me know if there's any more info that could help. Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Sorry, does not look like a tooth. Looks like a possible burrow cast. 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...
Fossildude19 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Looks like a piece of bone, to me. 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...
Plantguy Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Yep I 2nd the bone ID. Am wondering if its not Dugong material based on the rings/banding visible in the end view...cool..I defer to the bone gang. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 10 hours ago, ynot said: Sorry, does not look like a tooth. Looks like a possible burrow cast. What is a burrow cast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronzviking Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 I've been looking at a lot of photos of teeth in my many books lately and I have to agree it looks like worn down bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 22 minutes ago, Bronzviking said: What is a burrow cast? When an animal digs a tunnel and it gets filled in with a different sediment from what it was dug into, then gets lithified it is a trace fossil commonly called a burrow cast. It can be hard to figure out what animal made a burrow. Google "devil's corkscrew". 2 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...
Eomigrans Posted October 7, 2018 Author Share Posted October 7, 2018 Thanks for all of your comments. I'll toss it onto my dugong pile. had never seen the two side-by-side rings on a bone before, which kind of threw me. I guess the lateral micro-abrasions on the 'tip' are just additional wear from whatever caused the break at that odd angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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