Squalicorax Lindstromi-Wyoming-View Of 'inside'

[WyomingRocks!]

Hello, I found this Squalicorax recently and it looks to be perfectly preserved with none to little wear, good serrations, and you can see the interior structure of the tooth. My question is: is the structure seen in my picture truly part of the tooth design or is it part of the fossilization process? Wish it was a larger tooth, about 1/4" wide, because the roundish spots are black and the lines are orange.

Thanks for any help or comments.

WyomingRocks

[ynot]

Looks like fossilization effects to Me.

Very nice tooth!!

Tony

[izak_]

That is a very beautiful tooth I like how the colour sort of appears in waves in the first picture.

Izak

[Foshunter]

Nice----Tom

[Al Dente]

Here's a Shark Tooth Hill Squalus showing some interior structure. I'm not sure if this is a part of the tooth or maybe some boring organism did this.

[ZiggieCie]

Very nice find.

[TNCollector]

I want to say it is mineral filled dentinal tubules.

[WyomingRocks!]

I want to say it is mineral filled dentinal tubules.

TNCollector, that sounds good to me!

[squali]

_{Very Interesting teeth and nice photos.}

_{I'll have to look closer but I don't think I have an East coast Squalicorax with}

_{what you or Al Dente have shown.}

_{Thanks for posting.}

[ynot]

Here is a Heterodontus from Sharktooth Hill that shows the same structure, I still think it is part of the fossilization process.

Tooth is 3.5 mm.

Tony

Edited August 14, 2015 by ynot

[Mike Pocock]

Very nice tooth, when you see them like that you have to wonder what it would feel like to be bitten.

Regards

Mike

[WyomingRocks!]

Very nice tooth, when you see them like that you have to wonder what it would feel like to be bitten.

Regards

Mike

Ha! Mike, I wonder the same thing sometimes!

[WyomingRocks!]

Here is a Heterodontus from Sharktooth Hill that shows the same structure, I still think it is part of the fossilization process.

Tooth is 3.5 mm.

STH vert MICRO a-0005.jpg STH vert MICRO b-0003.jpg

Tony

Tony, what frustrates me is that I lived in Bako for 3 years and never once made it to shark tooth hill. I moved from the middle of the country and had never heard of it so did not know it was there. I always wonder about what I could have found.

[Troodon]

Tony, what frustrates me is that I lived in Bako for 3 years and never once made it to shark tooth hill. I moved from the middle of the country and had never heard of it so did not know it was there. I always wonder about what I could have found.

Well it might be frustrating or not depending on when you lived there. The quarry was private until late 2010 and became open with the death of Bob Ernst. So if you lived there before that time you woul have limited opportunity to collect.

[ynot]

Tony, what frustrates me is that I lived in Bako for 3 years and never once made it to shark tooth hill. I moved from the middle of the country and had never heard of it so did not know it was there. I always wonder about what I could have found.

Well it might be frustrating or not depending on when you lived there. The quarry was private until late 2010 and became open with the death of Bob Ernst. So if you lived there before that time you woul have limited opportunity to collect.

I have lived in California most of My life and this year was My first trip there. ( second and third also!) I am just grateful that it is open to digging now, even if it cost a little!!

Tony