Do I Have a Protosphyraena tooth?

[PaleoNoel]

Found this tooth in April 2018 in Monmouth County, NJ. I've seen people post pictures of the teeth of Protosphyraena on the forum from this area before and wondered if the tooth I found was also one. The shape of the tooth is what led me to the idea. It's around a centimeter long.

[hemipristis]

Could you include a fe other viewpoints?  

[Fossildude19]

Cropped and brightened: 

 

 

Looks more like an Enchodus tooth to me.

[frankh8147]

I also think it's enchodus but pictures of different angles (including the root) would be ideal.

 

For the record I find roughly 2,000 enchodus teeth for every Protosphyraena tooth.  They are really, really rare!

 

By the way, your tooth has some really nice colors!

[The Jersey Devil]

It is an Enchodus petrosus/ferox lateral tooth. Protosphyraena is much larger, flattened, and does not have an irregular cross-section.

 

Protosphyraena is also something that you might find only once in a lifetime, or not at all (in NJ)

[hemipristis]

11 hours ago, The Jersey Devil said:

It is an Enchodus petrosus/ferox lateral tooth. Protosphyraena is much larger, flattened, and does not have an irregular cross-section.

 

Protosphyraena is also something that you might find only once in a lifetime, or not at all (in NJ)

Agreed, Enchodus. 

 

Never saw one with that coloration. Nifty