<p>It looks very much like a shark tooth, but it looks like it’s weathered and worn. It may have spent a good deal of time buried below the sand, being slowly ground by the sand and tide action. Eventually it became dislodged and after a while of being worn smoother it washed up and you found it.</p>

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2019-05-29T00:22:15.223Z
Please don't encourage people to drill holes in fossils. Also you should include how you determine an identification.
John
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michael behan
<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KQL9g.jpg" alt="possible fossilized shark tooth"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/WBNq3.jpg" alt="tooth? "><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/HlB3o.jpg" alt="different angle"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/B9WQc.jpg" alt="please help me identify"></p>

<p>Please help me identify this tooth and the era its from. I found it in Panama City Beach Florida. Its cold and hard when i bite it. It looks very old. Possibly a shark tooth? </p>

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You can check: https://www.wikihow.com/Identify-Shark-Teeth, I would say it might be Cosmopolitodus hastalis. One of the best resources is: http://www.fossilguy.com/sites/l_creek/lcrk_col_shark.htm
arkaia
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2018-06-23T05:56:52.827Z
it is a shark tooth and you are holding it upsidedown,the pointy part is the top of the tooth.
trond hansen
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2018-06-23T15:23:15.373Z
I keep getting told on another site ,that its not a tooth at all,but possibly a fish bone segment shaped like a tooth,thats been tossed in the surf alot. This doesn't make much sense to me. As all the pictures i have found resemble this as an actual tooth. Not to mention,the thickness and coldness to it. I have never saw or even felt a bone like this. Even through numerous google searches. I believe its a tooth as well,but missing its enamel.
Stephanie Lucas
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2018-06-23T15:23:42.680Z
My msg continued due to being to long..The back side does have some weird lines,that makes it look like it was stuck onto something for a very long time before it broke off that. Up where the gum area is. Also on the back,there is a horizontal line that i see on many shark teeth with enamel. There is also a vertical line going down both sides.
Stephanie Lucas
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2018-06-23T21:34:59.470Z
I looked up fossilized gar scales,I can see it possibly being one of those. :)
Stephanie Lucas
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2019-05-29T00:24:49.673Z
It could be several different things with something that small it is difficult to identify without a scope,  there are a number of things with that general shape and the detail is too hard to see in a picture. you can however take things like that to any natural history museums and they will generally identify them for free.
John
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What kind of tooth is this?
Stephanie Lucas
# What kind of tooth is this?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-22)

![possible fossilized shark tooth](https://i.sstatic.net/KQL9g.jpg)![tooth? ](https://i.sstatic.net/WBNq3.jpg)![different angle](https://i.sstatic.net/HlB3o.jpg)![please help me identify](https://i.sstatic.net/B9WQc.jpg)

Please help me identify this tooth and the era its from. I found it in Panama City Beach Florida. Its cold and hard when i bite it. It looks very old. Possibly a shark tooth?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You can check: https://www.wikihow.com/Identify-Shark-Teeth, I would say it might be Cosmopolitodus hastalis. One of the best resources is: http://www.fossilguy.com/sites/l_creek/lcrk_col_shark.htm  
> **username_2**: it is a shark tooth and you are holding it upsidedown,the pointy part is the top of the tooth.  
> **username_0**: I keep getting told on another site ,that its not a tooth at all,but possibly a fish bone segment shaped like a tooth,thats been tossed in the surf alot. This doesn't make much sense to me. As all the pictures i have found resemble this as an actual tooth. Not to mention,the thickness and coldness to it. I have never saw or even felt a bone like this. Even through numerous google searches. I believe its a tooth as well,but missing its enamel.  
> **username_0**: My msg continued due to being to long..The back side does have some weird lines,that makes it look like it was stuck onto something for a very long time before it broke off that. Up where the gum area is. Also on the back,there is a horizontal line that i see on many shark teeth with enamel. There is also a vertical line going down both sides.  
> **username_0**: I looked up fossilized gar scales,I can see it possibly being one of those. :)  
> **username_3**: It could be several different things with something that small it is difficult to identify without a scope,  there are a number of things with that general shape and the detail is too hard to see in a picture. you can however take things like that to any natural history museums and they will generally identify them for free.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2019-05-28. Score: -3

It looks very much like a shark tooth, but it looks like it’s weathered and worn. It may have spent a good deal of time buried below the sand, being slowly ground by the sand and tide action. Eventually it became dislodged and after a while of being worn smoother it washed up and you found it.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Please don't encourage people to drill holes in fossils. Also you should include how you determine an identification.  

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