30 or so years since my comparative anatomy classes and I had to think about anything like this, but at risk of making a fool of myself here goes, photo 4 looks to me like a very degraded vertebra seen from the posterior side i.e. as if you were looking down at the animals back. I think the bits sticking out are the remains of the transverse and articular processes. Given the size you might be looking at something at least the size of a dugong.
As to photo 1, which I think is what you referred to as the tusk, I remember even less about teeth in Marine Vertebrates. I would say it's either an incisor or canine tooth though and not a molar, and from the upper jaw. It does look a bit like the end of a Dugong upper jaw, but that's a pure shot in the dark on my part. Google Dugong skull and you may see what I mean. Any dentists on here to comment on the tooth?
Last edited by rrussell1962; 04-06-2017 at 05:33 PM.
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