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Curious, little thing- fossil?


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I was looking through my beach finds and I have a small, curious piece. Can anyone ID it for me? Not sure if it's a fossil or an imprint of something.

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Cropped and brightened: 

 

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Possibly a dermal denticle or fish tooth? 

 

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looks like a ray denticle to me but wait for someone to opine that isn't just guessing as I am.

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3 minutes ago, Plax said:

looks like a ray denticle to me but wait for someone to opine that isn't just guessing as I am.

I am with Plax.... Nice find , Rachel

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Looks like a ray denticle to me too:)

Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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Case, G.R. (1970). The Occurrence of Petrodus and Other Fossil Shark Remains in the Pennsylvania of Iowa. The Annals of Iowa 40.6: 445-449

 

 

https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=7967&context=annals-of-iowa

this is maybe helpfull aswell

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10 minutes ago, xxxhalsteren said:

Case, G.R. (1970). The Occurrence of Petrodus and Other Fossil Shark Remains in the Pennsylvania of Iowa. The Annals of Iowa 40.6: 445-449

 

 

https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=7967&context=annals-of-iowa

this is maybe helpfull aswell

Thank you!!

 

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