Alex BC Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Hello all! I found this partial tooth fossil on the beach and was wondering if anyone could help me identify what it is properly? I did some loose research and it resembles a few images of ichthyosaur teeth. Just a thought but I'd love to hear other perspectives! (Thanks again!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Gator! Or Mosasaur, depending on where you found it. 1 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex BC Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, Meganeura said: Gator! Or Mosasaur, depending on where you found it. Neat!! I found it right outside of Longs, SC near North Myrtle Beach if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Alex BC said: Neat!! I found it right outside of Longs, SC near North Myrtle Beach if that helps. Gator then, i'm pretty sure. I don't think Mosasaur teeth are found in SC, just NC. 1 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex BC Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Meganeura said: Gator then, i'm pretty sure. I don't think Mosasaur teeth are found in SC, just NC. Does it matter that it was this close to the border? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I would agree with broken gator tooth 1 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 1 minute ago, Alex BC said: Does it matter that it was this close to the border? I don't believe so - I think it's north NC that is old enough for mosasaurs. Once again though - I could be totally off here. I'm just leaning big gator tooth. 1 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 It looks like a mosasaur tooth. I can see the faceted surface. There is Cretaceous Peedee Formation exposed around the Myrtle Beach area. Beach nourishment is responsible for a lot of the Cretaceous material being found on the beach. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 I change my vote to mosasaur then. 1 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex BC Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 9 hours ago, Al Dente said: It looks like a mosasaur tooth. I can see the faceted surface. There is Cretaceous Peedee Formation exposed around the Myrtle Beach area. Beach nourishment is responsible for a lot of the Cretaceous material being found on the beach. That's so cool! Either one is really very interesting. Thank you for your input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 11 hours ago, Al Dente said: It looks like a mosasaur tooth. I can see the faceted surface. There is Cretaceous Peedee Formation exposed around the Myrtle Beach area. Beach nourishment is responsible for a lot of the Cretaceous material being found on the beach. People find megalodon and other apparent Miocene teeth but back in the early 90's I bought what seemed to be an odd group of fossils from Myrtle Beach: a mosasaur tooth, a large Scapanorhynchus tooth and what looked like a large Carcharias tooth. In fact I was pretty sure it was Carcharias cuspidata. It seemed like the label was wrong until I was told Cretaceous, Miocene, and Pliocene/Pleistocene could be found on the beach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 23 hours ago, Meganeura said: Gator then, i'm pretty sure. I don't think Mosasaur teeth are found in SC, just NC. Years ago, I thought South Carolina was an unlikely area for Cretaceous fossils as well but then I started seeing a few Squalicorax teeth from different sites in the state. I thought I had at least one from the Florence area but have two teeth from Lynchburg (Black Creek Formation) instead. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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