Jwarringtonh Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 I found this in a particularly deep construction site in southwest Florida a few years back (video below). At first, I thought it was a rock, and it took some time to convince myself it was in fact a tooth. It’s so strange and worn down, and has plagued my imagination ever since. I'm not well versed in the eras, but from the look of it, it seems like it could have been fossilized twice: released into and worn away by the sea once, before yet again being put back into sediment on land. But I’m a clueless amateur, so I’m wondering if the story of this tooth is clear to any of you out there? I’ve also included a photo of another tooth I found at the site: but considering it had been dug by machines, there’s no telling if they were in the same layer. (furthermore, from that same site, I will be posting to the “ID thread,” what may be some sort of reptile skull, but may very well be a brown/orange rock 😅). IMG_0980.mov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 It is a meg but once it is fossilized, it is fossilized... saying it was fossilized twice doesn't make sense. Can they be redeposited during different time periods? Yes. 1 1 Fin Lover My favorite things about fossil hunting: getting out of my own head, getting into nature and, if I’m lucky, finding some cool souvenirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Could it have been a “digested” tooth’? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwarringtonh Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 @Fin Lover I understand my error. I meant fossilized, unearthed into the sea, then buried again, in the torment of this world’s changing climate over the millenia. The thing is just so ugly, and worn, and halfway indistinguishable from an actual tooth. And thus, it’s beautiful. If they have been dropping teeth for the past 3-17 million years, this one just feels like one of the first in that inconceivably long history. No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jwarringtonh Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 (edited) I have perfect teeth. Bigger than this 4.25” hunk of junk. Yet, this one still draws me more than the others. It feels like the great grandmother of my collection 🙇 And, again, if anyone has any insights on its passage through time, please: I would love to hear it. Seems like it was eaten by worms long before, or even after, it was fossilized. Edited March 26 by Jwarringtonh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPrice Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Just for those who didn't watch the the movie. Here's the tooth being discussed, not the pic of the little other one. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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