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Melissa Nel posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 2 months ago
3 years, 2 months ago3 years, 2 months agoMelissa Nel has contributed specimen mFeM 96224 to myFOSSIL!
Melissa Nel posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app 3 years, 2 months ago
Melissa Nel has contributed specimen mFeM 96224 to myFOSSIL!
That looks like a tooth to me! Very worn. Looks really cool
Yes I definitely think it’s a tooth! 😁 just wondering from what 🤔
Greetings @melissa-nel ! If possible could you provide some location data of where you found the specimen city and or county would suffice. The best would be the precise beach you found it on. That would help narrow down an ID.
Hi @Matthew-gramling! I found it on a beach in Big Bay, South Africa
Greetings @melissa-nel ! The strata around Big Bay is Quaternary, so only around 2.5 million years old at most. The rest of the local strata is Neoproterozoic, so exceptionally unlikely to have fossils. I’m having a hard time deciding if this is a tooth, a shell, or something else entirely. @bill-heim might have an idea.
It looks like a worn piece of shell to me. I am not 100% ruling out a tooth but it doesn’t look what I would expect.
Thank you @bill-heim !
Looks like a section of a razor clam.