MohammadAAK Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Hello all, Recently I purchased a pair of tooth from a seller who sold me real keichousaurus and another real frog fossil based on forum opinions. He says this pair is from the same animal. I don’t even know if it’s Smilodon or Machairodus, nor do I have information about locality except that it was originally from China. Main reason I’m asking the forum is that as this is my first time owning saber cat teeth I’m not sure if they are always this light? 31-33 grams per piece only. It doesn’t seem cast with the great amount of detail. And about restoration it was broken and repaired, which is what the seller also said. Best wishes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Praefectus Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Nice additions. Those are Machairodus teeth. Smilodon is from the Americas. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MohammadAAK Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Praefectus said: Nice additions. Those are Machairodus teeth. Smilodon is from the Americas. Thank you! I'm quite the newbie when it comes to these fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhen Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Machairodus teeth are not uncommon in China and it is likely that your Machairodus teeth are from Liaoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 On 19.1.2020 at 7:09 AM, MohammadAAK said: 31-33 grams per piece only. It doesn’t seem cast with the great amount of detail. And about restoration it was broken and repaired, which is what the seller also said. Best wishes Hi Mohammad, nice teeth! That really sounds rather light. Assuming they measure on average something like 20x3x0.5 cm that would be a density around 1g/cm³, like water. Ivory is supposed to be around 2g/cm³. Hard to tell without exact measurements. But I have also seen and felt very light pieces of mammoth ivory that have been demineralized over time rather than mineralized. I didn´t know there where mammals with serrated teeth, cool. Best regards, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Good-looking teeth from Machairodus. They are real. Most likely from Gansu Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Righteous Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Very nice teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huǐmiè jūnwáng Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 On 1/20/2020 at 7:32 PM, Crazyhen said: Machairodus 牙齿在中国并不少见，您的 Machairodus 牙齿很可能来自辽宁。 错，根据化石的颜色和质地，很明显来自甘肃省 Wrong, according to the color and texture of the fossil, it is obviously from Gansu Province 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyhen Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 11 hours ago, Huǐmiè jūnwáng said: 错，根据化石的颜色和质地，很明显来自甘肃省 Wrong, according to the color and texture of the fossil, it is obviously from Gansu Province Yes, you are right, it's from Gansu, not Liaoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 very nice pair, many not perfect on the market but yours look really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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