MikeR Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 @Boesse While cleaning shells from the Pliocene deposits at Capitola I came across this dolphin tooth ~17 mm. Any ideas on a more specific identification? Thanks Mike 2 "A problem solved is a problem caused"--Karl Pilkington "I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit." -- Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Nice find, but most cetatean teeth are not diagnostic. Looks more like a seal to Me. Can You take better pictures, these are kinda dark and hard to make out the detail. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Agreed. Not a dolphin. Some kind of pinniped is my bet. Great score! @Boesse will know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 So this is a first premolar - upper or lower - of a fur seal, likely Thalassoleon or Callorhinus. Nice find! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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