Auralius Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Hey, all. My boys and I went shark-tooth hunting for the first time today, in a creek bed north of Dallas, TX. We found a few decent shark teeth, plus a few other things I'm pretty confident are teeth, but I don't know what kind. The top two are obviously of a kind. The largest one I picked up thinking it was just sort of a neat two-tone rock, but when I got home and sorted through our haul, I realized it was another tooth - like a human incisor, but six or eight times the size. It's fossilized for sure - not just some cow or horse tooth, I don't think. Please help identify! Thanks a ton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 (edited) Hello and welcome to the Forum. Looks like you had a fun and productive day. Although the pic is rather small, from what I can make out,... the top two teeth appear to be Ptychodus teeth - we would need close ups of the top of the teeth to be able to pin down the species for you. The longer middle tooth appears to be a fairly worn sawfish rostral tooth. Nice finds, thanks for posting them. Welcome again. Regards, Edited October 13, 2013 by Fossildude19 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...
Auralius Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 Fossildude19 - thanks! Ptychodus appears to be correct. Cool! Here are better pics of the "giant incisor." I don't think it's from a sawfish. Surely it's from a large mammal of some kind, yes? Or maybe a paradigm-changing proof of giant humans that I'll be able to sell for several million dollars? That'd be ok too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 (edited) Oops! My bad - I didn't really look at the second pic of you holding it, and the other pic was too small. Yes looks like a mammal tooth - possibly horse?? Not sure, maybe Rich or someone else will stop in and look, and give a more accurate ID. Mammal teeth are not my thing. Thanks for posting better pics. Regards, Edited October 13, 2013 by Fossildude19 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...
Katfish61 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 I have mine that I found about a month ago in POC. I have been wondering also, thanks for the ID. Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auralius Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 I have mine that I found about a month ago in POC. I have been wondering also, thanks for the ID. Cool! I don't know that we've gotten a definitive ID yet though - anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auralius Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Bump. Any help on that incisor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katfish61 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I am curious to know the verdict. At first I thought it looked cat like, but since I am thinking human like. Any help would be great. Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auralius Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 Bump again. Anybody? Shall we just assume there was a race of giants that lived north of Dallas? Sure would be some fun new anthropology... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Bump again. Anybody? Shall we just assume there was a race of giants that lived north of Dallas? Sure would be some fun new anthropology... I would suggest making another post in the ID section with a title of TEXAS MAMMAL TOOTH. That way, you'll get the mammal experts attention. Regards, 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...
Katfish61 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Auralius, looks like that might be the only way to ID it. I had tried a while back and never got anything on it. Maybe this time............ Kathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Horse, maybe? "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...
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