stellabear Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Hi all. I am sure this is an easy one for you but I would like to be sure, since my guess is only a guess! I apologize that the only measuring tape I had was in inches, but i believe it is just under 35 mm. Found in the green mill run. Near the tar river in Greenville NC USA Thank you! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 I believe that is a really nice crocodile tooth! Great find! 2 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 I concur w/croc. Conical shape suggests. Nice find! 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Looks like mosasaur to me. Can we see some photos from different angles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellabear Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 Thanks! It is hard to see in the pictures but the tooth is smooth all around but there is a definite sharp ridge from the top to the base on the inside curve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipockets Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 I thought a round cavity was croc and an oval cavity was mosasaur ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 30 minutes ago, Hipockets said: I thought a round cavity was croc and an oval cavity was mosasaur ? There are always exceptions to the rule. The curvature on this one is toward the carina, which is toward the rear of the mouth. That is typical of mosasaurs. Croc teeth will usually curve toward the center of the mouth. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellabear Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 What is a carina? Sorry! I am trying to learn and Google was not a lot of help 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipockets Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Based on Al Dente's interesting fact, and what looks like an oval cavity, I am in the mosasaur camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hipockets Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 The carina is like a seam or edge that runs the length of the tooth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 For comparison: 2 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Looks like a mosasaur to me - a very nice one. "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokietech96 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Great looking tooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bthemoose Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Gorgeous find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellabear Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 Thanks everyone! We had so much fun we might go back this week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Without a doubt one of the best mososaur teeth I have seen from Greens Mill Run. Congrats on a great find. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Incredible mosasaur tooth is my guess, GREAT find!!!! I’ve wanted to find one for a year!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Nice one! Didn't know mosasaur and croc teeth were so similar My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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