Zucc1981 Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) Hello! I found this on the beach while looking for sharks teeth. Any ideas on what it is? Edited August 13, 2019 by Zucc1981 Added more pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Looks a bit like a mammal tooth, but the first thing the people who can tell you will ask for is photos of both ends and the other side. 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...
caldigger Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Can you please offer us pictures of multiple sides of this thing? * seconds apart Mark! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Hi, And the size ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Hello and welcome to the Forum from Austin, Tx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zucc1981 Posted August 13, 2019 Author Share Posted August 13, 2019 Thank you! I’m excited to hear everyone’s thoughts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Oh come on, someone needs to guess whale tooth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Assuming from your location it was found on a beach in North Carolina? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zucc1981 Posted August 13, 2019 Author Share Posted August 13, 2019 Yes! Camp Lejeune, NC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darko Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Looks like a whale tooth to me ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 43 minutes ago, Rockwood said: Oh come on, someone needs to guess whale tooth. Ok, fine, I guess whale tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Rockwood said: Oh come on, someone needs to guess whale tooth. Apparently you just did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 1 hour ago, caldigger said: Apparently you just did! We'll see. But it's polling well so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 @Boesse 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...
Shellseeker Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Well, Whale may be the leading candidate but I am not seeing the "banding" typical of whale teeth.... Here are a couple of whale teeth around the same size, My 1st take was bear, but will see what Bobby says. I have always been kinda contrary.. I will say that whale is more likely than bear, but maybe less likely than the field The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Shellseeker said: I am not seeing the "banding" typical of whale teeth Cementum vs dentin could be the cause of the discrepancy ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 7 hours ago, Shellseeker said: Whale may be the leading candidate but I am not seeing the "banding" typical of whale teeth That is because this one is so river/beach eroded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 You are likely correct on the wear pattern. It is why Bobby is so key. I was thinking that something like this could be a posibility: The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zucc1981 Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 Thank for your input everyone, I appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Difficult to say owing to incompleteness - however, I am used to seeing that 'grid' pattern on the dentine-cementum contact in cetaceans, sperm whales especially, and this could be a waterworn fragment of a sperm whale tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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