Adam86cucv Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 This past weekend we stopped in for a few hours at Matoaka cabins on the way home from St. Mary's City (a cool non-fossil historical destination). We found several readily identifiable small teeth and ray plates as well as a few drum teeth and a handful of shells. My guess with this tooth is a posterior cow shark tooth or Carcharhinus? Measuring tape is inches on top and metric on bottom. Thanks, Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Doesn't look like a shark tooth to me. You might need to take photos from other angles to figure this one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 7 minutes ago, Al Dente said: Doesn't look like a shark tooth to me. You might need to take photos from other angles to figure this one out. Ok, I'll get out some of the boy's playdough this evening and see what I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy B Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 No expert, but it doesn't look shark to me either. More like a land based mammal?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Cropped and brightened: 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...
Adam86cucv Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 1 minute ago, Andy B said: No expert, but it doesn't look shark to me either. More like a land based mammal?? I know that land mammal fossils have been found along the Calvert cliffs area so I suppose it is possible. I had shark tooth stuck in my head to start with but the more I search around the more I doubt it. On the elasmo site I see that a porgie tooth may be similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 2 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Cropped and brightened: Thank you. It doesn't seem to be like the cutting edges of a shark tooth looking at that... granted it could be water worn but I'm not so sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy B Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 OK, with the new pics, I withdraw my opinion!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Can you take a shot looking straight on at the bottom surface? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 52 minutes ago, caldigger said: Can you take a shot looking straight on at the bottom surface? Yes, this evening I will put it on some playdough to get some different angles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnbrandedMoss Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 Looks like the molar of a land mammal but def gonna need to see the bottom to tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 Here we go with the "bottom" pictures...I am leaning towards some sort of little mammal tooth after cropping these pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 I believe this a a worn and broken fragment of a larger tooth. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 6 minutes ago, sixgill pete said: I believe this a a worn and broken fragment of a larger tooth. I can see that. So I imagine that is probably about as far as the id will go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasei Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 I feel like you have something much more interesting then an other shark tooth. This does look like a mammal tooth to me, it most definitely looks like a molar and/or a herbivore tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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