Dracarys Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 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. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pterygotus Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Wow! Beautiful tooth ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Very nice! Your prepper did a fine job on this one--just enough to stabilize it without going overboard. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracarys Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runner64 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Neat feeding wear! Very charismatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 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. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracarys Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracarys Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyb135 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allosaurus Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Beautiful tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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