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© Isaac Fox

Enchodus sp. tooth

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5mm long

Collected in the Niobrara Chalk in Northeast Lane Co. KS.

 

Suggestions/corrections on the ID are welcome

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© Isaac Fox

From the album:

Kansas Cretaceous

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  • Taken with PENTAX PENTAX K-5 II
  • Focal Length 150 mm
  • Exposure Time 1/80
  • f Aperture f/14.0
  • ISO Speed 1600
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readinghiker

Sorry for being a few months late in replying.  This is a tooth from the species Enchodus gladiolus.  This is the only North American species with a postapical barb on the posterior edge (it is always very small!).

 

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3 hours ago, readinghiker said:

Sorry for being a few months late in replying.  This is a tooth from the species Enchodus gladiolus.  This is the only North American species with a postapical barb on the posterior edge (it is always very small!).

 

Thank you! That's really good to know! 

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