ReDoeStuff Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 So my son found this tooth on Galveston beach.(Texas) Just seeing if any of yall can help tell him what it came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hemipristis Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 I don 't believe that this is a tooth. It might be a piece of turtle carapace 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 I agree, definitely not a tooth. It could be a broken, well worn piece of turtle; but I cannot say it is for sure. 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...
Harry Pristis Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Looks fishy to me . . . maybe an element of the opercular complex of a bony fish. 1 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 No teeth - you can see parts of the spongiosa, so kinda bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 4 hours ago, Harry Pristis said: Looks fishy to me . . . maybe an element of the opercular complex of a bony fish. Ah yes. I think Harry has got it. 1 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...
Mark Kmiecik Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Is your son in grade school? Because "an element of the opercular complex of a bony fish" will definitely fly at show-and-tell. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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