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Conical South Carolina Tooth


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Hi All, Happy New Year!

 

I found this fairly beat-up tooth while river diving in South Carolina.

Whats left of it is 2 1/2" long.

It's too straight and skinny to be dolphin, right?

Any Ideas?

 

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@Al Dente is right ... it looks like a similar tooth Identified by Dr. Bobby Boesseneker as a Tusked (Spear-toothed) Dolphin (Waipatiidae) from the Late Oligocene.  We see them pop up on the FB forum from time to time.

 

Very Cool !!

 

Image Credit: Mace Brown Museum of Natural History at the College of Charleston

 

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Here is an image of the whole animal from the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History at the College of Charleston .... a spear-toothed dolphin.

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Hi,

 

I call the master @Boesse

 

Coco

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