Beach Fossils Cape Town

[Afrikaner]

Good Morning.

I'm collecting since 1 1/2 Years Shark Teeth on the Beaches in Cape Town and now and then come across some Fossils maybe you can help me in identifing some of them.

Kind regards

Afrikaner


[Bewerkt door Afrikaner op 01-10-2008 om 06:47 NL]

[Supergraver]

Hi Werner,

Welcome

Great fossils. I can't help you with the mammal teeth, except for the tooth on the last photo, thats probably a spermwhale tooth.

Martijn

[KarelS]

Hi Werner,

Shells, pic. 16

Trochia cingulata (Linné,1758 )

http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_3002.html

greetings,

Karel

[Bewerkt door KarelS op 01-10-2008 om 20:44 NL]

[Bewerkt door KarelS op 01-10-2008 om 20:44 NL]

[Afrikaner]

Thanks a lot Karel,

I learn someting new every Day:-).

Kind regards from Cape Town

Werner

[mirre2be]

hi picture 12 and 13 i think fish tooth albula sp

greats arien

[Afrikaner]

Hi Arien

thanks alot for your input.

Keep well

Werner

[The Stone]

1,2,3 looks like a whale vertebra
4,5 rhino lower jaw molar
6,7 most likely a molar from a bovine (buffalo) species
8,9 incisior tooth either bovine or equus (Zebra) species
10,11 unknown, looks like a piece of antler, do you have deer (not antilope) over there?
12,13 as mentioned Fish mouthplate with teeth
14,15 mammal tooth species unknown?

last photos indeed a spermwhale tooth before that a piece of unknown bone.

[Afrikaner]

The Stone schreef:
1,2,3 looks like a whale vertebra
4,5 rhino lower jaw molar
6,7 most likely a molar from a bovine (buffalo) species
8,9 incisior tooth either bovine or equus (Zebra) species
10,11 unknown, looks like a piece of antler, do you have deer (not antilope) over there?
12,13 as mentioned Fish mouthplate with teeth
14,15 mammal tooth species unknown?

last photos indeed a spermwhale tooth before that a piece of unknown bone.

Good morning Harold,
that's amazing you know alot,thank you very much.
I don't know if we had or have Deer in SA but I try to find out.

Kind regards
Werner