SeaGee Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Greetings, first timer here I recently found these on a trip to SW Forida. Can anyone help with a positive ID? I am especially interested in the long tooth/tusk and the bone..which i think may be a turtle digit. thanks for any help SeaGee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Sharks Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Welcome to the forum. I can only say that the shark tooth is an upper anterior from a snaggletooth shark, Hemipristis serra There's no limit to what you can accomplish when you're supposed to be doing something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGee Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I'll start the ball rolling The "tusk" looks like a toothed whale tooth (nearly fully rooted, too). The phalanx (toe bone) seems awfully big for even a big turtle; I'm thinking mammal. The shark's tooth is Hemipristis serra ("snaggletooth" shark). More knowledgeable collectors here will confirm/deny/elaborate my feeble start Welcome to the Forum! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Welcome to the forum, glad to have you. I agree with Auspex on his ID's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Nice finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGee Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 Thanks for the input all, upon further (internet) investigation into the toothed whales, i found this pic of Squalodon teeth. Many do look very similar to mine. thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Greetings, first timer hereI recently found these on a trip to SW Forida. Can anyone help with a positive ID? I am especially interested in the long tooth/tusk and the bone..which i think may be a turtle digit. thanks for any help SeaGee The large tooth is a peccary canine. The smaller, selenodont tooth appears to be a deer upper cheek tooth. The phalanx (toe bone) may be peccary also, but that's just an impression. Better images might confirm. From other posts, you already know about the shark tooth. Nice finds! http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metopocetus Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 The large tooth is a peccary canine. The smaller, selenodont tooth appears to be a deer upper cheek tooth. The phalanx (toe bone) may be peccary also, but that's just an impression. Better images might confirm. From other posts, you already know about the shark tooth. Nice finds! I never realized that peccary canines had all that root. I'd agree with the phalanx as being peccary, I have one very similar to it that is definitely peccary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGee Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 The large tooth is a peccary canine. The smaller, selenodont tooth appears to be a deer upper cheek tooth. The phalanx (toe bone) may be peccary also, but that's just an impression. Better images might confirm. From other posts, you already know about the shark tooth. Nice finds! Harry, thanks I'm with ya, that was one (of many) of my initial thoughts it's hard to see, but in the middle pic the tooth has a flat worn edge on the enamel, i am guessing from opposing incisors rubbing definitely a pigwhale :durr: thanks all SeaGee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Yes , very cool finds! Also welcome to the forum. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I never realized that peccary canines had all that root. I'd agree with the phalanx as being peccary, I have one very similar to it that is definitely peccary. yea after i looked at it and then at a few of my teeth im thinking that a few of my smaller squalodons are actually peccary, do the tapirs look the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 yea after i looked at it and then at a few of my teeth im thinking that a few of my smaller squalodons are actually peccary, do the tapirs look the same? No, 'bmore', peccary canines are quite distinctive in the way they grind, lower againt upper. Wear appears on the canines of other animals, but it doesn't produce the same flat facet. I think that it is anticipation of these extraordinary canines (and an attitude) that makes people respectful of javelina in the southwest. I'd like to see your squalodont teeth. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl O'Cles Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I would agree that it is a peccart canine. Man if i found that i would have been dancing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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