JerseyGirl Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Item one (my guesses have been awful so I'm just not going to try...). Ignore what look like striations in the last shot; they're shadows from the gizmo I use to take these pix.
Ramo Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 The first one looks like a pycnodont tooth, and the other looks an awful lot like a plesiosaur, but based on it's size it could be some sort of fish. Ramo 1 For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold
Al Dente Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 The first one is a pycnodont tooth, the second is a piece of a Scapanorhynchus tooth. 1
JerseyGirl Posted August 4, 2015 Author Posted August 4, 2015 Thanks so much for the quick IDs. I'm trying to read about all the shark teeth I'm finding, so I can categorize them and learn more about the animals they came from so it's great to know the name scapanorhynchus. The pycnodont tooth is amazingly perfect and glossy-- like a plump new seed. Now I've seen pictures of the teeth in plates-- what a chewing system, like bunch of pestles, I suppose.
Darwin Ahoy Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 Yes, agree with Al Dente. The pycnodont is Anomaeodus phaseolus. 1
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