Allosaurus tooth

[Dracarys]

Recently received back from my prepper a 2.2 inch allosaurus tooth. Here is the before and after. Big difference. At first I thought that the tip was missing but it turns out that it was natural feeding wear! Extra bonus. 

[Pterygotus]

Wow! Beautiful tooth !

[digit]

Very nice! Your prepper did a fine job on this one--just enough to stabilize it without going overboard.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[Troodon]

Nice tooth and good prep work just doing what was necessary.  Characteristics look more like a Meglosaurid than Allosaurid especially with the short mesial carina.   Might want to verify.  Locality?

[Dracarys]

35 minutes ago, Troodon said:

Nice tooth and good prep work just doing what was necessary.  Characteristics look more like a Meglosaurid than Allosaurid especially with the short mesial carina.   Might want to verify.  Locality?

Morrison formation, Wyoming. I sent the images prior to prep to Ken Carpenter and he verified it as a tooth from a big allosaurus. 

[dinosaur man]

2 hours ago, Dracarys said:

Recently received back from my prepper a 2.2 inch allosaurus tooth. Here is the before and after. Big difference. At first I thought that the tip was missing but it turns out that it was natural feeding wear! Extra bonus. 

Amazing tooth!

[Runner64]

Neat feeding wear!  Very charismatic.

[Troodon]

21 minutes ago, Dracarys said:

Morrison formation, Wyoming. I sent the images prior to prep to Ken Carpenter and he verified it as a tooth from a big allosaurus. 

Beg to differ characteristics dont match up clearly meglosaurid with that short mesial carina. Hendrickx latest paper describes that feature as part of meglosaurids not most Allosaurids.  I would ask Hendrickx I know he's responds to most emails.

  

[Dracarys]

36 minutes ago, Troodon said:

Beg to differ characteristics dont match up clearly meglosaurid with that short mesial carina. Hendrickx latest paper describes that feature as part of meglosaurids not most Allosaurids.  I would ask Hendrickx I know he's responds to most emails.

  

I am happy to send pics to him. So you think possible Torvo or Marsh? Thanks Frank. 

[Dracarys]

To all curious, I have consulted w Hendrickx and he confirmed that this is an Allosaurus tooth, lateral dentition, probably from the dentary. He felt this was a subadult to adult specimen of medium sized. Great to have such wonderful resources. Thanks @Troodon for the suggestion. 

[paulyb135]

On 3/29/2020 at 10:18 AM, Dracarys said:

Recently received back from my prepper a 2.2 inch allosaurus tooth. Here is the before and after. Big difference. At first I thought that the tip was missing but it turns out that it was natural feeding wear! Extra bonus. 

Super tooth! Allosaurus teeth have a special characteristic about them that makes them stand out to other teeth I think 

[Allosaurus]

Beautiful tooth!