Found on the beach in northeast Florida

[SeekTeeth]

Hi all! 

 

Found these fossils & teeth on the beach in Northeast Florida over the past year or so and am looking for help identifying them, particularly #1 (looks to be a mouth plate of some kind, but is at least 2x larger than any others I've found), #4 (possible ray denticle?), and #6.

 

Happy to provide additional close-ups/photos from other angles!

 

[Atoothsatooth42]

Hi! Welcome to the forum! I’ll take a crack at most of these if I can! I’m definitely not a professional, so take my comments with a grain of salt.

 

1) I’d say you are certainly right, maybe a pufferfish/filefish mouth plate.

2) Hastalis or Lesser Great White (formerly Mako)

 

3) Hemipristis Serra or Snaggletooth

 

Unnumbered) Quarter, US currency.

 

4) Sting Ray denticle I think? Like you mentioned, I’m unsure.

 

5) Lower positioned Hemipristis Serra

 

6) I don’t know, but it is certainly something!

 

7) Stingray barb! Essentially it’s “stinger” on the base of its tail. 
 

Awesome finds!

 

Edited Wednesday at 08:16 PM by Atoothsatooth42

[Fin Lover]

#1 is burrfish/porcupine fish

[SeekTeeth]

1 minute ago, Atoothsatooth42 said:

Hi! Welcome to the forum! I’ll take a crack at most of these if I can!

 

1) I’d say you are certainly right, maybe a pufferfish/filefish mouth plate.

2) Hastalis or Lesser Great White (formerly Mako)

 

3) Hemipristis Serra or Snaggletooth

 

Unnumbered) Quarter, US currency.

 

4) Sting Ray denticle? Like you mentioned, I’m unsure.

 

5) Lower positioned Hemipristis Serra

 

6) I don’t know, but it is certainly something!

 

7) Stingray barb! Essentially it’s “stinger” on the base of its tail. 
 

Awesome finds!

 

Thanks so much! 

 

I'm still so stumped on #6! The rest of them I had at least a vague idea what they might be past on past fossils/teeth I've managed to ID, but I have never seen anything like #6 before. Someone suggested it could be a partial cranium of a fish or reptile but when I looked up pics for comparison, it didn't seem to match. 

[Fin Lover]

5 minutes ago, SeekTeeth said:

I'm still so stumped on #6! Someone suggested it could be a partial cranium of a fish or reptile but when I looked up pics for comparison, it didn't seem to match. 

May be a hyperostotic element of fish skull ("tilly bone"), so it wouldn't look normal.  

Edited Wednesday at 08:26 PM by Fin Lover

[Fossildude19]

Welcome to the Forum.

Nice finds! Thanks for posting them.

And, thanks for taking great pics, and numbering your items!

Well done!