Nashoba2019 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 I would like to know exactly what this is. Tooth, bone, antler piece? I don't know but completely fascinated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Welcome to TFF! Neat looking piece. Could you take a picture of the ends? Looking straight at them? Also, how big is it? Knowing would be helpful in narrowing down the ID. The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashoba2019 Posted August 8, 2019 Author Share Posted August 8, 2019 FossilNerd it is a little less than an inch long . I found it at the w.M. Browning cretaceous fossil park in prentiss county Mississippi. I hope these pics help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 This picture makes it look kinda shiny like enamel. Maybe a Mosasaur tooth or something like that. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Nashoba2019 said: FossilNerd it is a little less than an inch long . I found it at the w.M. Browning cretaceous fossil park in prentiss county Mississippi. I hope these pics help. Which end is this? They are both the same picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, caldigger said: This picture makes it look kinda shiny like enamel. Maybe a Mosasaur tooth or something like that? I see what you mean. It does look tooth-ish to me too. Maybe someone that knows more about teeth than I do will chime in. It wouldn’t take much. Lol The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Nashoba2019 said: I hope these pics help. I appreciate you taking the extra time to take a few more photos, but these are not very helpful I’m afraid. They are too dark and not nearly close enough. If we could get some close up, in focus, pictures of both ends it would be more helpful. Using a lot of light (natural sunlight is best) would also help. Seeing the finer details is often the only way to get a confident ID. The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark Kmiecik Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 20 hours ago, caldigger said: Which end is this? They are both the same picture. It's a photo of the dark side. mwahahahaha! Seriously though, the last photo in this post shows some flat-ish facets on three sides. Never saw anything like that before. Have no clue. 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...
Ludwigia Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 I'd tip Ichthyosaur or Plesiosaur. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Not getting an ichthyosaur vibe here John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 6 hours ago, JohnBrewer said: Not getting an ichthyosaur vibe here Agreed, I read the WM Browning park is the Demopolis formation which is Campanian. Out of the range for ichthyosaurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 It could be a reworked or transported Triassic Phytosaur tooth. They have those creases/edges. https://www.google.com/search?q=phytosaur+teeth&client=safari&hl=en-us&prmd=insv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwij0vOo9fnjAhXBxFQKHaajCOwQ_AUIFSgB&biw=320&bih=454 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jersey Devil Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 It is an oddly preserved Scapanorhynchus crown. 1 “You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.” ― Mikhail Tal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 On 8/11/2019 at 12:03 AM, The Jersey Devil said: It is an oddly preserved Scapanorhynchus crown. I agree with @The Jersey Devil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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