Teeth & Vertebrae ID

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Hey guys, my fiancé and I found these in Orange County, FL in a creek which produces tons of sea creature fossils and no land dwelling fossils. Any idea on what kind of sea creatures these teeth and vertebrae belonged to? I thought the white tooth as an alligator at first, but later realized it definitely isn’t and that both the white and black ones resemble fish/marine mammal material instead. Also for you viewing pleasure are the bigger shark teeth/fragments we’ve found. ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1539298208.182611.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1539298218.340023.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1539298227.409765.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1539298235.559021.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1539298243.858739.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1539298252.474970.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1539298260.992499.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1539298269.605737.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1539298277.772755.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1539298285.141241.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1539298294.319809.webpImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1539298307.713354.webp
 

Small round fossils are shark vertebrae , broken looking teeth are Gator , " Two-tone " teeth are from Porpoise/Dolphin , large vertebrae at bottom is most likely from a whale.
 

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Small round fossils are shark vertebrae , broken looking teeth are Gator , " Two-tone " teeth are from Porpoise/Dolphin , large vertebrae at bottom is most likely from a whale.

Thanks dude! Wonderful IDs. I thought gator teeth were completely round. This tooth has a ridge down either side.
 

It's surrated,Trex teeth are also surrated though you wouldn't know it unless you were looking closely.
 

Gators have a seam-like ridge down each side. Well done!!!
 

all are fossils

1-4, partial gator tooth
5-6, seal tooth
7-8, shark vert
9-11, whale vert
12, big tooth is a small meg, smaller tooth is a hemipristis serra, or better known as a snaggle tooth
 

It's surrated,Trex teeth are also surrated though you wouldn't know it unless you were looking closely.

Although you are correct about T-rex, there were no T-rex's in Florida so this tooth cannot be a dinosaur.
 

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