Damage Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Have two that we can't figure out (first and second picture). We found all of these today along a river bank in Eastern Virginia. And this was everything we found today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 cant help with an ID but WOW!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricFlorida Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 They look like partial whale teeth to me. www.PrehistoricFlorida.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 Here's a few more pictures that may help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Can't help with an I'd but sure someone else can! I just wanted to say great finds!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 Can't help with an I'd but sure someone else can! I just wanted to say great finds!!!! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 I was going to guess deer antler tine, until I saw the polished end. Now, I don't know what to think. It doesn't appear to be whale-like in construction (no growth rings that I can see). The stubby tooth appears to be crocodilian. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Agree with croc on the stubby one....could the longer one be a horse incisor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Is it possible that the long one is the root of a tooth? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage Posted June 17, 2013 Author Share Posted June 17, 2013 I think you all might be right about the one being a croc tooth! Still would love to figure out what the longer one is. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Both are whale teeth, sperm whale type teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 I've never seen a whale tooth delaminate without leaving behind some evidence of growth rings. Could the longer tooth be the core of a Kogiopsis tooth? . . . Sure. I haven't seen every delaminated whale tooth. Compare with these: Plus, I have never seen a whale tooth delaminate like thatch as in the smaller tooth. Crocodilian teeth do delaminate like that. But, it should be easy to distinguish the thin laminae of a crocodilian tooth from the thick enamel of a whale tooth. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage Posted June 19, 2013 Author Share Posted June 19, 2013 Thanks for the help everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfrr Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 hey those are some very cool finds !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeDOTB Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Yeah I'm going to go with croc tooth for the little one, as far as the larger tooth, I'm still wondering if its whale... Interesting piece for sure!! DO, or do not. There is no try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I agree with Harry - the smaller blunt tooth does not really look like a cetacean tooth to me; it has that beveled crown that looks a bit more like a crocodilian. The other tooth is from a kogiid/kogiine, AKA pygmy sperm whale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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