Rowboater Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Stuff from the beach, could be any age. The tooth could even be human? (maybe two watermen had a gentlemanly disagreement?) The tooth has no root and is roughly cuboidal. (penny diameter is 0.75 inches= 19 mm). The pyramidal "bone" has an 'enamel' surface on two sides, bone-looking third, and the most interesting side has a hole with three holes/channels in this hole (wouldn't photograph well with scanner). Initially thought the small piece with enameled holes was shell but doesn't look or feel right (maybe coral, anemone, sponge-- have no real idea). Any help with these three would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 The smaller black piece is a fish dental plate with some teeth. The other two look unidentifiable pieces. The larger is bone and the smaller is maybe mammal tooth. 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...
Rockwood Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 The tooth on the lower right could be from a tapir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rowboater Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 24 minutes ago, ynot said: The smaller black piece is a fish dental plate with some teeth. The other two look unidentifiable pieces. The larger is bone and the smaller is maybe mammal tooth. Thanks ynot! Smaller than my drum teeth, but a similar plate? I've never found a drum tooth plate... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowboater Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 7 minutes ago, Rockwood said: The tooth on the lower right could be from a tapir. Thanks Rockwood! I'll compare to tapir teeth images on-line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowboater Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 two more cell phone photos of the tooth's occlusal surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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