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Unknown shark tooth, NJ Cretaceous


Vae70

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I found another mystery tooth lurking in my collection that I can't seem to pin down an ID on. This was found in the cratecous streams of monmouth county NJ.

 

I can't seem to pin down an ID given the odd taper of the tooth itself and relatively small root. I don't believe any of the original root is broken/missing given there are no signs of breakage. Stumped on this one!

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It's not a fresh break, it's been river-tumbled for a while. It's Scapanorhynchus.

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