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Such a tooth or claw would not be unusual of that size during the Pleistocene megafauna,
i.e., ground sloth & saber toothed tiger, still pretty conjectural with mere pictures, just my thoughts. HHing!
Photos of the incurvatate edge of your piece would seem to rule out any notion of jawbone as there is no indication of bone cavities for tooth
placement.
Such a tooth or claw would not be unusual of that size during the Pleistocene megafauna,
i.e., ground sloth & saber toothed tiger, still pretty conjectural with mere pictures, just my thoughts. HHing!
I know this is the wrong coast for this but it looks like part of an abalone shell to me:
I know this is the wrong coast for this but it looks like part of an abalone shell to me:
OK I dont know if abalone was found in Florida but you never know what ends up in road fill. Its certainly full of shells.
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There is also a possibility that it was an old broken piece from a tourist souvenir like this one because an old tourist stop was near where it was found.
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Does the inside edge of am abalone shell have layers like my original pic#3? Are they heavy? i may have to find one in person and see if it could be a match or to eliminate the possibility. Im thinking that it may fit.. But only if it has layers and cleavage. Thanks for the suggestion.
One side of my mystery item is smooth and shiny but not like a pearl; more like ivory or the surface of a tooth. I am not convinced its abalone but I want to look into it. Where can I find an abalone shell to compare?Abalone is rather shiny an almost has a pearl like appearance.
We have already determined that it has no cavities for teeth and fossilized tooth or claw is top of the list. But are you stating that bones do not fossilize? Because an authenticated section of fossilized jawbone was just posted here by jwarner51. Try to catch up by reading all the replies.It is not bone. Sorry folks. It could very easily be a tooth or nail. They are totally different and depend on the animal. Tooth or nail have longer carbon half life and would have a much greater chance to become fossilized. Its not bone. It is definitely not a mandible or maxilla.
Abalone shell definitely has layers and loses its pearlescent appearance as it ages and degrades. The curvature of your item is perfect fit.
It can be ground up, as I suppose conch shell can, as a soil amendment to add lime to soil.
Good Luck.
The fossil people that posted here seem knowlegable but Ok I will look at a large conch and post it over in the fossil section. Can you paint on your conch picture what part you think this is? It would have to be an edge piece and Im not seeing it.I'll stick with my original assessment of a broken (curved) section of a conch shell or some other large shell. If this was posted in the fossil section you would have probably had a correct answer already.
Ask Harry Pristis, he can tell you what it is.