sweeneyb Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Was at the fossil festival and was somehow able to spot this tooth in the pile. Not sure what it is need an ID. It is pretty small it is inside one of those gem case holders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Looks like some sort of fish tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 It's a porpoise/dolphin tooth from the Pungo Formation. I have found similar teeth in the mine. Unfortunately I don't know the species name and my cetacean reference is limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mako-mama Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 That tooth appears to be Araeodelphis-a dolphin from Pungo River Fm. There is considerable amount of the root missing--the outer layers have peeled off or broken away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Well... I wouldn't go so far as calling it Araeodelphis. I can think of a half dozen other Miocene odontocetes that have teeth like this; some are other platanistids (like Araeodelphis), while others are pontoporiids, eurhinodelphids, iniids, etc. Teeth are generally undiagnostic for Neogene odontocetes. Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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