Saw Fish Rostral Tooth?

[Gatorman]

Is this a Saw fish rostral tooth? It kinda looks like on to me. :huh:

[ebrocklds]

anson, it looks a little strange with the "crown" it could still be a rostral tooth. i assume it is pliestocene, florida river.....

usually rostral teeth flair at eh basal end with striations. they are also laterally flattened, and exibit some sort of "seam" front and back (at least at the tip)

i speak having only seen rostral teeth from cretaceous deposits and modern fish.

brock

[Gatorman]

hmmm.. its Miocene in age it does have some microscopic groves on the end its worn by the current in the creek. Its conical in shape no flattening and no seams visible.

[Roz]

Looks a bit like it but also like a Onchosaurus pharao, but the root doesn't look exactly like yours. The age would not be correct either as it was Cretaceous. Might be a relative of it though.

[Uncle Siphuncle]

Whatever it is it looks like it was buried under the gum line up to that enamel cap.

[ebrocklds]

i agree it is rooted.

[Harry Pristis]

Is this a Saw fish rostral tooth? It kinda looks like on to me. :huh:

Anson, I think this tooth is more likely to be a worn whale tooth. There are a number of small, toothed whales in the Miocene of Florida. The "crinkled" enamel cap tends to be resistent, while the dentin root delaminates like an onion. Here is one such species found in the Peace River.

--------Harry Pristis