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Shoutingwind

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 Hi All,

I found this in Marlborough, New Zealand from an area that is part of the Awatere Group (Miocene/ Pliocene).

I found a nice shell (also pictured because it's cool), and the... Something? I am pretty sure it's a fossil but no idea what it is. Or it could be an inclusion I guess. Please help! It's 3.5cm long, and 3cm wide.

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That shell looks like a tooth to me. With more pictures: top bottom straight side view someone might be able to identify  it.

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First 4 images look like a cross section through a shell, maybe a gastropod.


The other item does indeed look like a tooth.
Pictures from all sides would help us figure it out.

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I'm with Tim on this one.  My first thought was gastropod

 

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20 minutes ago, Shoutingwind said:

Alas, I am pretty sure the long one is a shell rather than a tooth.

 

 

Could very well be some type of Pinna sp. shell. 

Thanks for the additional pics/video.

    Tim    -  VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

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