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Good evening, I found this tooth in a scrub line of trees along the Neuse River in Eastern North Carolina.  My first thought is shark tooth however there is something about the tooth that just doesn’t seem to match anyone have researched. Can anyone help me to ID? Thank you in advance

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I think I have seen some sawfish teeth that have an abrupt angle in the blade similar to what is seen here. But I am not certain that is what you have.

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I believe it is a very well worn or reworked shark tooth. Possibly a pathologic mako. The area on the lower Neuse produces Pliocene and Pleistocene fossils.

 

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Thank you sixgill Pete!

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Darktooth thank you for taking time to reply. I will google sawfish tooth to see if I can find a match. By match, I don’t mean the bend in the tooth but the size and general characteristic.  It is always exciting to hold something you can’t identify. And as a newby that is frequently the case. 

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I am confident this is not a sawshark (sawfish) tooth.  Sawfish teeth in N.C. are fairly common in some of the Cretaceous (Ischyrhyza) and Oligocene (Anoxypristis) sediments. There are no Cretaceous nor Oligocene sediments on the Neuse River where this tooth was found. (I can probably pinpoint the exact location from my knowledge of the river) The other spot it could have came from is underwater right now. The Miocene of North Carolina also has Anoxypristis and possibly Pristis, however there are no surface Miocene deposits in North Carolina. The Pungo River Formation is found in the Lee Creek mine about 90 to 100 feet down. I personally have never seen a sawfish tooth from a Pliocene or Pleistocene deposit in North Carolina, nor have I heard of one.

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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

 

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Sixgill Pete, thank you for the detailed statement supporting why this tooth isn’t a sawfish fossil. I truly appreciate that you share not just what it might be but the reasoning behind what it more than likely isn’t. I’ve learned a lot from your interactions on my posts. Happy holidays! 

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i dont know the area but in the eocene london clay there is a tooth that i think bears some resemblance though i may be completely wrong, xiphodolamia ensis

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