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[DemonCatSpaceStar]

Hello, I showed this the on Native American Artifacts & someone suggested it might be a fossil of a Mammoth tooth?
Just wondering, any help would be appreciated!

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Thx
Phil

 

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[bbbaldie]

Has a mammoth/mastodon tooth look to me.

 

[DemonCatSpaceStar]

Thx, I've been looking at pics on the web & thats what I'm leaning towards!

 

[Harry Pristis]

The object doesn't look anything like a mastodon or a mammoth tooth to me. The unbroken side reminds me of a coprolite from a shark with a spiral cloacal valve. I don't know what to make of the splintered side 'cause the image is too dark.

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[DemonCatSpaceStar]

Down by the persons thumb is what I was talking about it looks like it might be similar, but thanks for the input!

 

[Harry Pristis]

Yes, I considered the possibility of a mammoth fragment with the cementum still in place.

Now that I look closer at your image, I think I see a pattern of spikes - like teeth - on the rounded surface. You may have a shell fragment, or more likely, a fragment of a bivalve internal cast (or steinkern).

 

[Snarkie]

That is not a megalodon (shark's) tooth.

From the angle, it looks like it belongs to an herbivore, and while it may be a molar, it looks like it came from a little closer to the front of the mouth. What are the dimensions? If it's thin, it may be a shell, but the patterns sure look like tooth cusps to me.

 

[Rickelpickel]

Where was it found?? I.E What state or what part of state? That helps narrow it down somewhat,,

 

[DarkwaterDiver]

I agree with Harry and think coprolite fossilize ( poop! ).

 

[Goldmanford]

What do you all think about it being part of a fossilized ear of a porpoise or whale called the bulla. Below is a pic of a fossil whale bulla and notice the thin rounded area that kinda compares to your pic above. Just my opinion without seeing it in person.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Here are shark and other coprolites for comparison:

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[Goldmanford]

Pristis.

That's some fine looking crap you have there!

Maybe the original pic is of crap or maybe an ear or maybe a tooth. It's a little hard to determine without seeing it in person. My thoughts on the ear bulla was because it appears to be quite thin. I have some coprolite but my pieces are from turtles and other small creatures so it looks nothing like the pieces I have.

 

[Harry Pristis]

Naw . . . forget all those wild guesses, including mine. This object is a section of steinkern of an ammonoid. I'm confident the broken faces would show more evidence of ammonoid.

 

[LanceHall]

Most of the ammonites you see are very orderly, precise, and proportioned in terms of the ribs and overall shape. But, there are some species out there that are anything but orderly and almost appear like genetic screwups with crazy random variations in ribs and what-not.