Weird marine (?) jawbone found -- what is it?

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Steve Levine - 03 Mar 2004 01:40 GMT

My father found this bizarre jawbone (or skull?) washed up on shore
while doing some paddling in the Florida Keys. Anyone know what it is
from? For scale, it is about 3" wide at its widest.

http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1kpdz/jaw.jpg

Thanks!

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Lee Bell - 03 Mar 2004 04:05 GMT

> My father found this bizarre jawbone (or skull?) washed up on shore
> while doing some paddling in the Florida Keys. Anyone know what it is
> from? For scale, it is about 3" wide at its widest.
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> http://mysite.verizon.net/vze1kpdz/jaw.jpg

I've not seen anything like it, but it might be the jaw of a stingray. They
have grinding plates rather than teeth and that's what the object looks like
to me. Even it's shape looks a bit like it might come from a stingray.

Lee

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Firewalker - 03 Mar 2004 06:00 GMT

You found my upper plate!

> My father found this bizarre jawbone (or skull?) washed up on shore
> while doing some paddling in the Florida Keys. Anyone know what it is
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> Thanks!

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Matthias Voss - 03 Mar 2004 07:22 GMT

Steve Levine schrieb:

Dentist lab apprentice work.

Matthias

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Robert \ - 03 Mar 2004 14:21 GMT

> Steve Levine schrieb:
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> Dentist lab apprentice work.

British dentist lab work. Common.

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A Poster - 03 Mar 2004 17:06 GMT

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> British dentist lab work. Common.

American redneck gene pool. All too common.

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