New Members SharkOop Posted March 18, 2021 New Members Share Posted March 18, 2021 Location found: SW Florida Hello. I am unsure about who this tooth belongs to. Can anyone identify it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 The specimen is too worn and fragmentary for an ID, I'm afraid. Please do not create multiple posts for the same question or fossil. I hid your other post (sorry Ludwigia). Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members SharkOop Posted March 18, 2021 Author New Members Share Posted March 18, 2021 Would a better photo help? I am quite intrigued by this tooth and am looking for someone who could identify its species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Hi, I think your tooth is way too worn out to identify it. Coco 1 2 ---------------------- 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...
Mahnmut Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Hello Sharkoop, I can understand that you are intrigued by that tooth. I have by now found two fossil teeth, (other than sharks) both fragments. And I did a little dance both times because for me they are special. Yours is a nice colour and the worn shape is beautiful. But identifying teeth relies on little details that are not present in your find. I think it is a mammal tooth, but I cannot say for sure. maybe a local museums expert can say more when holding it in his hands and comparing to other finds from the region. But maybe not. Best Regards, J 1 2 Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 2 hours ago, FossilDAWG said: I hid your other post (sorry Ludwigia). No problem. At least I can view it now without giving away my cookies. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Cropped, rotated, and brightened: I agree - much too worn to nail down a genus or species. 1 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 March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 18 hours ago, SharkOop said: Location found: SW Florida Hello. I am unsure about who this tooth belongs to. Can anyone identify it? Welcome to the fossil forum. You should always help those members who might be available to identify a fossil. One aspect is the size. It counts because there are few shark teeth in SW Florida that are consistently larger than 1 inch (27 millimeters). As good practice, state in your post the length of a fossil. Having said that, the larger shark teeth are Megalodon, Mako, and Snaggletooth. The "bump" on the upper right of Tim's photo might imply lower jaw Snaggletooth. Your fossil might also just be an overly worn splinter from a dugong rib, which is a very common fossil in your hunting area. 2 The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Ok, I did not see the shark here. In my interpretation the thin part pointing down in the picture above was a mammal tooths root. Cheers anyway. J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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