Rsmull Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Found in Green Mill Run Creek in Pitt County, NC. I believe may be mosasaur tooth in jaw matrix or could be whale. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I have seen a lot of weird stuff come out of that creek but nothing like that. It does look tooth like, but I think it's way too big for mosasaur. The largest mosasaur tooth I've seen from there was about 2 1/2 inches long by a little over an inch wide. It is quite interesting and another GMR piece that I would like to see in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I have seen a lot of weird stuff come out of that creek but nothing like that. It does look tooth like, but I think it's way too big for mosasaur. The largest mosasaur tooth I've seen from there was about 2 1/2 inches long by a little over an inch wide. It is quite interesting and another GMR piece that I would like to see in person. yes and to add it looks almost like a tooth erupting from the jaw still and not just a tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 If you could post some pics using a flash it may add more information. I agree with Ron, it's not mosasaur. From these pics, I'm not even sure it's a fossil...it may be a geologic imposter. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicholas Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I'm going to go with a geological body. As was said try taking some photos with a flash, or rinse the item first and take pictures still wet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
non-remanié Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 The "acorn" shape at top makes it look like it could be a mosasaur tooth root base but it really seems too large. What is the diameter at the top? Found in Green Mill Run Creek in Pitt County, NC. I believe may be mosasaur tooth in jaw matrix or could be whale. Any ideas? ---Wie Wasser schleift den Stein, wir steigen und fallen--- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Sorry but I just am not seeing a mosasaur tooth there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 There is a striated texture that might suggest an organic origin... "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...
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