Chris Anderson Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Me and my wifewere walking North Myrtle Beach today and found this with a bunch of sharks teeth and other fossils. It looks like either a alligator or crocidle tooth to me. I can't seem to get a good inside picture of it where it is broken. There is no shiny black enamel on it. Can anyone please help identify it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Brightened and cropped "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Sorry, but this doesn't look like a tooth to me - it not only lacks the enamel, but also has a different texture then dentine - though it is probably still bone. However, to me it seems a rather nondescript piece, so I'm not sure if you're going to get much information out of it... 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earendil Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 The official ID: speckosaurus/fragmentadon/chiplodocus/chunkosaur 1 "Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell" -From The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Praefectus Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I am also not so sure this is a tooth. It is missing enamel and the general shape is off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, Praefectus said: I am also not so sure this is a tooth. It is missing enamel and the general shape is off. agree 100% 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I think it is a Dugong rib fragment. Very common in the peace river Florida. Shiny Very very dense bone without any trabecular bone that are brittle and can break into pointy fragments. The first pieces that I found made me very excited I thought it must be tusk. (not) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Sorry... doesn’t appear to be a tooth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Anderson Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Thank y'all for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 You already have your answer but I am chipping in a little. Croc teeth have a hollowed out cross section like this Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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