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I found this yesterday, I was wondering if it was the root to some sort of whale tooth. I have a picture of the only place where it shows the horizontal lines (in very scientific terms), but I'm not sure if those are just from damage. Thoughts? Thanks! an d here's the (only) image that shows lines.
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Out on the river yesterday frora beautiful day of hunting. Had several nice finds with two I was not sure of on the ID. I was able to eliminate one unknown today (modern cow) but the other still has me looking. When I first saw the below tooth in the sieve I thought it was a deer tine. Upon picking it up I saw the circular striations and beveled tip that led me to the conclusion it is a tooth. Well worn and polished to the extent that it is ready to be made into a piece of jewelry. A lot of searching has only led to the possibility of a whale or other cetacean as far as I can see. Opinions of others would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully, @Harry Pristis, @Shellseeker, or @Boesse has a chance to respond. Thanks all! The tooth measures 35mm x 10mm:
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I’m hoping you can help me to identify my unusual find! I found what appears to be a large fossilised tooth on a beach next to cliffs at low tide. I’ve attached some pictures… I’d love to know what you think it is and how old it might be! Can you help?
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hello everyone, I am looking for some assistance in identifying two odontocete teeth from the Pliocene Yorktown Fm, Lee Creek Mine. The first photo shows the two teeth in question on the left vs a Kogiopsis sp. tooth on the right Are the teeth in question just Kogiopsis with the crunchy outer coating intact? Marine mammal ID isn't my forte. There are 3 photos each. Interesting that the second of these teeth almost has an opaline filling of the basal cavity. Any help is greatly appreciated! TOOTH #1 TOOTH #2
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Hi guys, I know this isn’t necessarily an identification post as I’m quite sure this tooth belonged to a sperm whale. However, I have done a lot of research on other areas of Florida paleontology yet I don’t know much about ancient sperm whales or their teeth at all. I’m having trouble finding more info. I was wondering if this tooth (found in a creek close to where I live on the gulf coast of Florida) is particularly large for a sperm whale, or is this the standard size? Are they rare or difficult to find? This tooth was lying underneath the top layer of gravel alongside half of a 5 inch meg. I’m definitely thinking this is a good creek!
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I found my first whale tooth yesterday. Only found two cores previously. Located inland Venice, FL. This example was sheared in half longitudinally. Measures 85mm long, 48mm at widest point, 27mm diameter at point D. I find mostly Pleistocene material in this inland location. I read about only specific identifications are to the Superfamily- Physeteroidea. Anybody have other input on this tooth? My questions usually are "time period of fossil, better identification". In this inland area, I have found a half dozen bulla, a baleen whale vertebrae, and what I think is a rib. I appreciate if anyone can give me some more info on this tooth. @Boesse @Shellseeker -Regards Michael
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I stumbled across Livyatan melvillei, a species of sperm whale I've never heard of or seen discussion about. It's surprising to me because it co-existed with Megalodon and some have argued that it preyed on the shark. It had teeth of around a foot-long, with some accounts of even larger. Here's one found on an Australian beach: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/12/science/foot-long-ancient-tooth-discovered-on-australian-beach.html I've never seen one of these for sale, presumably because they're rare or important to paleontology, perhaps both. Has anybody held one of these? What an absolutely impressive tooth!
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Found in Green Mill Run creek on 8/21/2020. Unsure if it is whale tooth, some type tusk or Bone. My original assumption was Sperm Whale but some have thought maybe tusk??
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This is a fossil whale tooth from Pohang. It was discovered at an apartment construction site in Jangryang-, Pohang. Currently, most fossil production sites in Jangryang-, Pohang, have been destroyed by construction. The fossils are fossils that were discovered while construction was in progress. It is a sperm whale's tooth fossil, and the jaw bone may be in the mother's rock, but it is not observed. (It seems unlikely.) I try to do it. Growth line is indicated by dots. In addition, the growth line can be observed through the cross section of the tooth. About 10 growth lines were observed. (Usually, small toothed whales are said to be the teeth of mature individuals when there are 4 to 8 growth lines.) There are fragments of sea urchin fossils on the back, and tooth fossils of a tiger shark. Personally, I think it's a precious fossil than Megalodon in Pohang, but I'm very satisfied with the collection.
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From the album: Sharks and their prey ....
Most likely sperm whale teeth sifted from dredge deposits. Physeteroidea indet.© Matthew Brett Rutland
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Here's a new paleo-reconstuction I drew since the past two days of Albicetus oxymycterus, which is a mid-Miocene raptorial physeteroid none of you have probably heard about. Special thing between this little Moby-Dick and city I live in is that although it was not discovered directly in PV, it was discovered very nearby in Santa Barbara in the same formation and sublayer that exists here which highly suggests that it also swam here 16-14 million years ago. I tried to make this as scientifically accurate as possible using the resources I had, which included the entire 2015 paper establishing the genus Albicetus. I mainly used a pre-existing sketch of Aulophyseter morricei as body reference (which the paper stated is morphologically most similar to A. oxymycterus except for dentition) and used the paper's skull reconstruction for the head. I used a Zygophyseter-like head as the paper stated that the supracranial basin of the skull does not elongate to the end of the maxilla like that of Zygophyseter and Acrophyseter, which both posses snouts as a result. For the body size, I calculated the skull-body ratio by dividing the mean and lower condylobasal length estimates to the total calculated length, which came with either a 1:4.6 or 1:4.9 ratio. (Unrelated to the drawing, the 1:4-5 ratio is based on using a body formula for Physeter and Kogia spp.. If you use the upper Livyatan melvillei /Zygophyseter varolai estimates as reference, a ratio of 1:5.9 and total length of 8.6 meters is calculated) I don't know any of the advanced formulas some of you guys probably do know about and simply used division, so my calculations might not be the most accurate ones. I also put in a diver for scale this time! EXTRAS
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Hey guys, since we were on the topic of mammoth/mastodo ivory in the I.D forum, I was wondering if we could quickly talk about Schreger lines. I have found several small ivory fragments with Schreger lines and was looking through articles the other day about them and ID'ing ivory. I saw a picture of a cross section of sperm whale ivory and noticed some lines. I wanted to know are these Schreger as well or are they limited to only those in the Proboscidea order. Below is the picture, a picture of my best ivory chunk, and a link to the website I was looking at. https://www.fws.gov/lab/ivory_natural.php#whale
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From the album: Marine Mammals
Scaldicetus sp? Found in Atacama Desert Region 3 of Chile Dated Messinian Stage of Miocene (≈7 mya) Measures 14 cm (5.5 inches)-
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Found this in a Miocene area. It is 1 1/2" long. Is this a sperm whale tooth? Thank you.
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From the album: PeaceRiver 2014-2015 Season
KogiopsisFloridana, PeaceRiver Fm., Hawthorn Gr., Age 2.2 - 2.6 MYA, Arcadia Florida, Maximum size 5 inch Pygmy Sperm Whale tooth found Mar. 7th, 2015 -
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A sperm whale tooth