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RedKite replied on 02/04/2022 17:11
nelliethehooker replied on 03/04/2022 19:46
brue replied on 05/04/2022 16:33
nelliethehooker replied on 05/04/2022 19:43
nelliethehooker replied on 05/04/2022 19:45
Rocky 2 buckets replied on 05/04/2022 20:20
Posted on 05/04/2022 16:33 by brueSomething emerged from our garden today. We find a lot of marine fossils as this area of Somerset was under tropical seas millions of years ago. We think it's a shark's tooth fossil?
nelliethehooker replied on 05/04/2022 20:28
Posted on 05/04/2022 20:20 by Rocky 2 bucketsI’m no expert Brue but I’ve never seen a Sharks tooth that shape, they’re normally triangular & flattened for cutting flesh. I’ve seen Coprolite fossils that look very much like that🤔
Rocky 2 buckets replied on 05/04/2022 20:35
Posted on 05/04/2022 20:28 by nelliethehookerI think you could be right there,R2B. What a great word Coprolite is for what the object actually is.
Cartledge replied on 05/04/2022 22:00
brue replied on 05/04/2022 23:14
Posted on 05/04/2022 20:20 by Rocky 2 bucketsI’m no expert Brue but I’ve never seen a Sharks tooth that shape, they’re normally triangular & flattened for cutting flesh. I’ve seen Coprolite fossils that look very much like that🤔
Posted on 05/04/2022 23:14
The photo angle doesn't show the pointed shape very well and it won't be a land based fossil, this was a sea bed area. I've collected dinosaur coprolite fossils from the IOW and they are large..like elephant dung!
We think it is a "shark" or similar marine tooth, we've now compared it on web sites.
Interesting to find these things, thanks for your input. I wonder what will turn up next as we dig out a new path!?
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