Can someone identify this tooth?

[dblski]

Found this tooth in a Missouri creek this weekend. I am thinking shark, but in Missouri?

 

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[traveller777]

Found this tooth in a Missouri creek this weekend. I am thinking shark, but in Missouri?

How about something to gauge the size? Tape measure, coin, or something. Thanks.

 

[AlabamaRelic]

Deer toe bone.

 

[crashbandicoot]

How about something to gauge the size? Tape measure, coin, or something. Thanks.

1 1/4 inch long,about an inch wide at the wide end.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Looks like a shark tooth to me,but I,m no expert on this stuff. I read somewhere that a bunch of the area of Missouri was once part of a vast inland sea,maybe a real old relic from those days.

 

[traveller777]

Alabamarelic got it. Toe bone from deer. 99.99999% sure.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Alabamarelic got it. Toe bone from deer. 99.99999% sure.

To paraphrase John Wayne,"dang it Mister,I believe you"!

 

[crashbandicoot]

Of all the deer I,ve skinned,I,ve never looked at a toe bone.Learn something new every day!

 

[traveller777]

Here you go. Deer coffin toe bone.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Here you go. Deer coffin toe bone.

Never any doubt in my mind.Just didn,t know deer even had toe bones.Thanks a bunch!

 

[traveller777]

Alabamarelic due the credit

 

[crashbandicoot]

Alabamarelic due the credit

Yo,indeed he does.Way to go Alabamarelic!

 

[GeoW]

Never killed a deer that had toes. Guess Missouri deer are funny that way?

 

[traveller777]

Never killed a deer that had toes. Guess Missouri deer are funny that way?

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[traveller777]

Coffin bone - Wikipedia

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[dblski]

I have deer hunter my whole life and cleaned many deer. Had no idea there was a toe bone. Thanks