Smoresluve1984 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Found this yesterday in the water at Caspersen Beach, FL. It looks like none of the other sharks’ teeth (or assumed sharks’ teeth). Found using a metal sifter. Any idea on what type it is or age, based on color (not brown or black)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Smoresluve1984 said: Any idea on what type it is or age, based on color (not brown or black)? The general shape and the crack are suggestive of a tooth. If it is I doubt it is in good enough shape to be identified. Color can be used as an indicator sometimes, but is not really a reliable indicator because it can vary within the same formation depending on the minerals that happened to be present during diagenesis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olorotitan Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 From the pictures you posted I can't find any characteristics that would be diagnostic of a tooth. (No carinae, serations, angle and curves are off) The closest thing I would say that offers a passing resemblance is a turtle leg spur but that isn't it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 I'm not sure what you have either.......Can you give us another photo or two...need a sharply focused view of the inside of the opening and another of the base of the item. Is there any texture present that you can see and/or photograph? How big is this item--need a scale or ruler in the photos to get a sense of its size or know a length? I almost want to say this is a shell fragment of some critter/possibly mollusc based on that last image which seems to have a luster about it but the photos just arent sharp enough to see the surface texture or any significant features--its pretty worn. Maybe there is a clue in some additional views... Casperson and some of those beaches in the area produce all kinds of nifty things..and the tumbling on the beach sometimes turns them into unidentifiable blobs.... Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray.jeffords318 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 at first look. I thought it was a broken tooth or something. I can't id what is it specifically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Could you show a picture of the "inside"? 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natalie81 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 I think you have a piece of shell or oyster. More pictures would give a clear view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyBoy Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 I do not believe its a tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 I agree with a piece of shell, not a tooth. 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...
Rockwood Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 The voids in the lamination point toward oyster don't they ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Thanks for the additional pictures! I agree with Ynot/Rockwood that its not a tooth and it being a fragment of some type of shell--maybe oyster but I have a few Mytilus that look similar, especially near the beak. Yours does have a toothy look to it though... It may or may not be fossil...hard to tell around here with so many extant and fossil shells around... Continued hunting success! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoresluve1984 Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 Thanks everyone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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