BonuFrailman Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Hi everyone, I was checking out this tooth chunk from Portugal that the seller had loosely IDed as Ceratosaur indet. I wanted to know what you folks may think about it. The tooth chunk has serrations on both sides so could this help for an ID? Tooth size is 22.61mm x 18.04mm x 8.13mm Originates from the Lourinha FM in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fossilsonwheels Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 I ran this same tooth by @Troodon and you can’t really put an accurate family level ID to this one. Theropod indet would be how I personally would label it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Identification of most Jurassic teeth can be very difficult even for pristine complete ones. Photos alone are rarely adequate to help diagnosis them. Characteristics needed, at a minimum, included determining how far the mesial carina extends down the edge, the difference in the serration density between the two carinae and compression of the tooth determined by looking at the ratio of the length and width at its base. So without this information its a guess why most partial teeth are best described as indeterminate. Still good buys just lacking a family name. Nothing wrong with "Theropod indet" and lots of my teeth from this fauna are labeled that way. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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