**Tooth was found in Baltic Sea, near Lithuanian coast, **
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2$\begingroup$ This looks far more like a horn coral or plant segment than tooth to me. Long shot would be more of a horn than tooth, but the striation yells coral. Lack of a tooth root and a ridge line would indicate to me there never was such a structure. I think we all see tooth at first glance, but the pattern is wrong to me. $\endgroup$– dlbOct 3, 2017 at 17:40
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$\begingroup$ I agree definitely not a tooth, the surface is all wrong, you may want to change the title to get some people who are better at identifying corals. $\endgroup$– JohnOct 8, 2017 at 16:02
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$\begingroup$ Last week found another one in Melnragė. $\endgroup$– Kristina Martink Ex PeteraitytJan 15 at 16:54
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The geology of Lithuania is pretty complex - ice ages could have brought nearly anything. The fossil belongs to Rugose corals - an extinct order of solitary and colonial corals that were abundant in Middle Ordovician to Late Permian seas.
For precise identification try Baltoscandia fossil database: http://fossiilid.info/46