Kkoz Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 it is about 2.5 cm long 1 cm wide. San Mateo creek fm Ca. any ideas on what it is?
MgTattooer86 Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Any idea on the age? If you show them a transitional, they'll ask for two more.
Rockwood Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 It may be wise to keep the idea of it being a rifle slug in mind.
Kkoz Posted April 20, 2015 Author Posted April 20, 2015 It is early Pliocene, and is no bullet as it is not lead or heavy.
Auspex Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 It reminds me of a drum tooth, but a great big one. "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!
MgTattooer86 Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 It reminds me of a drum tooth, but a great big one. That's what I thought too, but that root is too big, isn't it? If you show them a transitional, they'll ask for two more.
MgTattooer86 Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Well, I would say it appears to be a tooth, I'm willing to bet it belongs to a species that specializes in eating shelled critters. If you show them a transitional, they'll ask for two more.
Auspex Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 That's what I thought too, but that root is too big, isn't it? Yeah, since drum teeth aren't really individually rooted, it can't be that. Some kind of crusher, though. "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!
fossilized6s Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 I agree with some kind of fish crush tooth. Not a drum though. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG
GeschWhat Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Intriguing! Nice find! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo
Auspex Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 The little hole in the center of the crown is familiar, but I just can't remember where I've see it before. Here's a discussion about some (somewhat) similar teeth: LINK "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!
Kkoz Posted April 20, 2015 Author Posted April 20, 2015 Thanks everyone for the feedback so far. My tooth is very similar to those of that link, thanks Auspex.
Kkoz Posted April 20, 2015 Author Posted April 20, 2015 (edited) Better photos. Edited April 20, 2015 by Kkoz
abyssunder Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 The little hole in the center of the crown is familiar, but I just can't remember where I've see it before. ...hardly weathered Globidens alabamaensis? " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library
MgTattooer86 Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Found a similar bunch of teeth listed as "crusher shark" teeth... as vague as that Is. Also looking at similar teeth, albeit from the Miocene, listed as (almost as generic) Dogfish teeth. This is the photo with the " crusher shark" title... If you show them a transitional, they'll ask for two more.
Kkoz Posted April 20, 2015 Author Posted April 20, 2015 ...hardly weathered Globidens alabamaensis? This site is aged from late Miocene to early Pleistocene, so it is way to young for Globidens.
Auspex Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 ...hardly weathered Globidens alabamaensis? The rocks of origin are not nearly old enough for mosasaurs. EDIT: Scooped again! "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!
njfossilhunter Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 The little hole in the center of the crown is familiar, but I just can't remember where I've see it before. Here's a discussion about some (somewhat) similar teeth: LINK I remember the post that Auspex just gave us a link to. I think that Harry Pristis nailed it on the head when he suggested that its a species of fish called Sparidae... Check out the link that Auspex posted. TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget.
finderskeepers Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 The root is throwing me off, but the family Albulidae (bonefish) seems close. Don't know what age or other fossils San Mateo offers, Eocene though maybe?
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