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I found this tooth as a float in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Thinking it is a from a male bigeye thresher based on the dentition on elasmo, but the varying thickness of the root has me scratching my head a bit. Length is 0.5 inches (1.3 cm).

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Looks more like a P. contortus to me, but I only find tiny threshers here, so see what others say.  

 

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This is probably from the Calvert formation and looks like a good match for A. superciliosis. I would not be too concerned about some variability in the root as there are uppers and lowers, and multiple tooth positions (and Elasmo shows only a couple of these).

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