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Pliosaur tooth, or ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur (Stary Oskol)
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi all, First off, this is not my fossil (though I own a large crow of similar morphology), but one I recently bumped into and found particularly curious. Why? Because it's morphology seems to contradict itself. Described as a Polyptychodon interuptus (no longer considered a valid genus; Madzia [2016]) from the Late Jurassic Volga Beds (?) of Stary Oskol, the tooth appears to have enamel folds consistent with what one might expect from an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur, such as Platypterygius sp.. The root, however, is smooth and round, with a hollow base, which, unlike the rectangula- 13 replies
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From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
Stary Oskol Dwardius woodwardi. -
From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
Stary Oskol Dwardius woodwardi. -
From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
Kursk region Dwardius woodwardi tooth. -
From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
Kursk region Dwardius woodwardi tooth. -
From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
Cretalamna borealis from Stary Oskol, Russia -
From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
Cretalamna borealis from Stary Oskol, Russia -
From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
Kursk Region Dwardius woodwardi -
From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
Kursk Region Dwardius woodwardi -
From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
Kursk Region, Russia Dwardius woodwardi tooth. -
From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
Kursk Region, Russia Dwardius woodwardi tooth.
