Unknown fossil from Devonian site - Dental plate? - ID help!

[MarkDz]

Hi... any opinions (good or bad) on this item would be appreciated. I found it on a Devonian marine site in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It's a weird thing for sure. Could it be a dental plate of some kind? Thanks for any ideas.

 

[GatorBoy]

Yup... stingray

 

[MarkDz]

Thanks, Gator! I didn't realize some plates were double-sided like this one.

 

[GatorBoy]

Yeah man..nice one.

 

[lordpiney]

Im pretty sure there were no Devonian Stingrays. could be a placoderm grinding plate though. Red Hill find?

 

[MarkDz]

Thanks for the note Lordpiney. I figured it looked like a grinding plate but, being intricate and two-sided, is different from others I've seen online. I found it in Lehighton, PA. Any ideas are appreciated!

 

[lordpiney]

The Devonian is far from my comfort zone (i almost exclusively hunt Cretaceous fossils) so im prob not the best person to give you a solid id. are you sure it's not plant remains? it looks like it could be a stem from something, and you found it quite close to St. Clair.

 

[MarkDz]

Hmm... I really have no idea... It just looked to me like some marine tooth fossils, and was from a marine site. It could be anything, though. Sure could be a plant of some sort.
Thanks!