drobare Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 I found this odd tooth today on the Chesapeake bay. It seemed larger than a normal dolphin tooth. I actually found one dolphin tooth today and took a picture of it besides the big tooth for comparison. The large tooth is about 1.25 inches, could be closer to 1.5 inches if it was straightened out. Sorry about the pictures, some are out of focus. I have my opinion but I will defer to the pros. Thanks for any help on identifying this one. :-)
Auspex Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Kentriodontid, me thinks. "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!
drobare Posted September 12, 2015 Author Posted September 12, 2015 I'm guessing the split end is the end of the root and the tooth itself is the broken shinier end?
abyssunder Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 You are right, and also Austex about the Kendriodontid Odontocete. I presume they were bigger as ancestors in the Miocene, than the modern species. Maybe Boesse (our member of this Forum) could guide you through the right way. " 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
drobare Posted September 14, 2015 Author Posted September 14, 2015 Thanks! I appreciate the help with the identification! :-)
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