Long, slender smooth-edged cusp with a small cusplet on each side and a two-lobed root.
Many extinct sand-tiger relatives look extremely similar and are difficult to separate without age and locality.
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IDENTIFICATION TRAITS
What to inspect.
- Crown shape
- Narrow dagger
- Cutting edge
- Smooth edge
- Side cusplets
- One on each side
- Root
- Two distinct root lobes or Rounded U-shaped root
- Reference height
- roughly 12–48 mm, depending on age and jaw position
- Time
- Living; fossil teeth are common
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WHY IT LOOKS THIS WAY
Form follows feeding.
Anterior teeth look needle-like. Lateral teeth become shorter, but the smooth main cusp and paired side cusplets remain useful clues.
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LOOKALIKES
Do not stop at the first match.
PRIMARY / AUTHORITATIVE REFERENCE
Open source ↗Florida Museum
Use the source alongside collection locality and geologic age. A photograph alone cannot establish provenance.
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