sixgill pete Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I found this yesterday at the Martin Marietta quarry in Belgrade(Maysville) NC. The quarry is late Oligocene Belgrade formation. I have not heard of Squalodon teeth from here but here it is. Am I correct? Any thoughts you guys have would be greatly appreciated. the serrations 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...
Auspex Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Looking good, that or Delphinid. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Looks like a canine, Zygorhiza kochi, but that would be Eocene whale. Looks so much like it in my book Don. Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 It's not Squalodon, Zygorhiza, or a delphinid - Squalodon is strictly Miocene, Zygorhiza is strictly Eocene, and delphinids 1) do not have double rooted teeth and 2) are strictly post-late Miocene in their occurrences. This is some sort of an archaic cetacean, certainly - but there are numerous odontocetes from the Oligocene that have double rooted teeth, whether they be squalodontids, simocetids, dalpiazinids, squalodelphids, agorophiids, xenorophids, or a number of other taxa. This tooth can be identified as Odontoceti indet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 It's not Squalodon, Zygorhiza, or a delphinid - Squalodon is strictly Miocene, Zygorhiza is strictly Eocene, and delphinids 1) do not have double rooted teeth and 2) are strictly post-late Miocene in their occurrences. This is some sort of an archaic cetacean, certainly - but there are numerous odontocetes from the Oligocene that have double rooted teeth, whether they be squalodontids, simocetids, dalpiazinids, squalodelphids, agorophiids, xenorophids, or a number of other taxa. This tooth can be identified as Odontoceti indet. Bobby, I am wondering even if the whole root was present if this tooth could be ID'd down to species. 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...
Boesse Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 Unfortunately, no. The problem is that very few of the fossil odontocetes from the Oligocene of South Carolina have been described, and while it certainly belongs to one of those species - it is probably not identifiable in the first place. Perhaps if it was a posterior premolar or molar; this appears to be a 1st or possibly second premolar, which are relatively similar across archaic cetaceans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 Thanks Bobby, I always look forward to your comments on my post's. They are always full of excellent information. 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...
Taffie Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Wonderful find, Don, congratulations!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share Posted May 7, 2012 Thanks Taffie! 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...
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