sixgill pete Posted Monday at 08:00 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:00 PM Need some help on this tooth. I have not seen any tooth of this type before from an Eocene exposure here in North Carolina. It is from a local privately owned pit. Likely an offshore deposit, not nearshore. Very few inverts found here, lots of deepwater shark species like Hexanchus, Otodus among others. I am looking for Genus and species, if possible, in your thoughts. 3 Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted Monday at 08:14 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:14 PM Cool looking tooth Don! I will be waiting to see what others say. 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dries85 Posted Monday at 08:17 PM Share Posted Monday at 08:17 PM My guess would be Parotodus sp. Dries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted Monday at 09:42 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 09:42 PM 1 hour ago, dries85 said: My guess would be Parotodus sp. Dries Interesting. a genus I did not consider as I have never heard of an Eocene species from North Carolina. @Al Dente @MarcoSr @siteseer Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted Monday at 11:20 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:20 PM Don How big is this tooth? I've collected extensively in the Eocene of both Maryland and Virginia for over 50 years and have not found a single tooth that I thought might be a Parotodus tooth. That being said, the features of this tooth seam to compare favorably to the Eocene Parotodus teeth that I have from Belgium and Morocco, especially the root and cusplets. However, the Eocene Parotodus teeth that I have are all small, under 1 inch. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted Monday at 11:30 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 11:30 PM @MarcoSr I just realized I did not include the size, this tooth is 36mm (1.41 inch) Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted Monday at 11:43 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 11:43 PM (edited) @MarcoSr I have never seen a tooth like this in all my years collecting the N.C. Eocene. All of the literature I have searched, I also cannot find anything close from NC, SC, Va or Alabama. @Al Dente has looked at pics and is familiar with the site and Jaekelotodus was the closest he could guess, but the cusps are absolutely wrong for that. Edited Monday at 11:46 PM by sixgill pete Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted Monday at 11:50 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:50 PM 8 minutes ago, sixgill pete said: @MarcoSr I just realized I did not include the size, this tooth is 36mm (1.41 inch) That size is bigger than the Eocene Parotodus that I have and the ones that I have seen. If an Eocene Parotodus, I think it would be max size. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted Monday at 11:53 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:53 PM 7 minutes ago, sixgill pete said: @MarcoSr I have never seen a tooth like this in all my years collecting the N.C. Eocene. All of the literature I have searched, I also cannot find anything close from NC, SC, Va or Alabama Don Whatever species it is, it is a beautiful, rare tooth from the United States. Marco Sr. 2 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted Tuesday at 10:34 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 10:34 AM I think the size, cusps and root lobes are wrong for an Eocene Parotodus. Here are two species from this publication- The Review of the Extinct Genus Parotodus by Jean-Marie Canevet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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