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Hello, 

My 9 year old son found this cool jaw section. It may be coincidental, but beside it was an ankylosaur tooth, partially rooted. We are unsure if it was associated. Perhaps someone will find this interesting or know more. Will post more photos if necessary.

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A few more photos of both sides, bottom, and front and back would be helpful. 

Also, something for size reference?

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3 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

A few more photos of both sides, bottom, and front and back would be helpful. 

Also, something for size reference?

 

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The nodosaur tooth was not found in the jaw. We set it up for fun. We couldn't help it...it just fit so nicely

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That is very unnusual (at least to me).  the teeth, what little is there look like varanid lizard, but that would be a big Cretaceous dinosaur.  I am not familiar with the DP fauna, but if there s a large varanid known from there... then that is what I would call it.

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Nice find but its not does not look like a Nodosaur jaw.    

 

Here is a Nodosaur from Spain

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The Basal Nodosaurid Ankylosaur Europelta carbonensis
n. gen., n. sp. from the Lower Cretaceous (Lower Albian)
Escucha Formation of Northeastern Spain
James I. Kirkland, Luis Alcala, Mark A. Loewen, Eduardo Espı´lez, Luis Mampel, Jelle P. Wiersma

 

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17 hours ago, jpc said:

That is very unnusual (at least to me).  the teeth, what little is there look like varanid lizard, but that would be a big Cretaceous dinosaur.  I am not familiar with the DP fauna, but if there s a large varanid known from there... then that is what I would call it.

I agree I would probably say it’s Palaeosaniwa sp. or something similar 

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Awesome find! But, yeah, as has been pointed out, the tooth and jaw don't go together. I think Dinosaur Man's suggestion of Palaeosaniwa sp. could be a very good suggestion.

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Oh wow, haven't ever seen too much Champsosaur material, but nice plate! :look:

 

I too like the suggestion. Sounds very possible, though not the symphysial part, I think, as both sides of the mandible look flat, with no trace of where it would have went...

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14 hours ago, jpc said:

Ooh, I like that... champsosaur, but I would like to see a side view of the champsosaur dentary.

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For comparison, here are some photographs of a Champsosaurus lemoinei specimen in the Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen in Brussels.

 

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OP's specimen seems rather small compared to this, but could potentially be from either a subadult, juvenile or different species of champsosaur. Also, by comparison to the Brussels' specimen (thickness, angularity and spacing of teeth), I'd say the jaw section could have only come from the middle of the mandible, if champsosaur it is at all... Now, if only we could get some similar images of Palaeosaniwa sp. to compare against, we could determine how well that suggestion holds up ;)

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Could just be me, but looks deeper/taller than the champsosaur. However, the thickness of the jaw versus the size of the teeth, as well as the spacing between them seems quite similar to OPs jaw. But this could, of course, just depend on the location along the jaw (that is, I'm assuming the above specimen is a fragment)... Still, I need to agree, champsosaur seems a better match.

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On 2020-11-03 at 7:25 PM, Troodon said:

Any chance this is a Champsosaurus jaw section

 

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This looks identical from what I can tell...champsasaur vertebra all over the place...why not a small jaw plate?!

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22 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said:

For comparison, here are some photographs of a Champsosaurus lemoinei specimen in the Museum voor Natuurwetenschappen in Brussels.

 

5fa2f008939a7_Champsosauruslemoineiskull.thumb.jpg.9447ec0c88b517be30fe975d9cab35d0.jpg5fa2f0019c18c_Champsosauruslemoineijaws(back).thumb.jpg.b828643a4d915bb8aa20e4adb214cc87.jpg5fa2f0066c722_Champsosauruslemoineijaws(middle).thumb.jpg.b5f32bba2e7a4f07e39606fb1fa10c66.jpg5fa2f004060b0_Champsosauruslemoineijaws(front).thumb.jpg.3d470af50ab5d9cb9e14f7eeefafe042.jpg

 

OP's specimen seems rather small compared to this, but could potentially be from either a subadult, juvenile or different species of champsosaur. Also, by comparison to the Brussels' specimen (thickness, angularity and spacing of teeth), I'd say the jaw section could have only come from the middle of the mandible, if champsosaur it is at all... Now, if only we could get some similar images of Palaeosaniwa sp. to compare against, we could determine how well that suggestion holds up ;)

Thanks for sharing! Very cool. I think it's possible it could be champsosaur. There are lots of marine dinosaurs such as gar croc turtle sturgeon and others in the area. I know nothing about the mammals or amphibians and other small reptiles. I'm used to identifying /collecting more big stuff

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3 hours ago, MedicineHat said:

Thanks for sharing! Very cool. I think it's possible it could be champsosaur. There are lots of marine dinosaurs such as gar croc turtle sturgeon and others in the area.

 

3 hours ago, MedicineHat said:

This looks identical from what I can tell...champsasaur vertebra all over the place...why not a small jaw plate?!

Looks like this mystery is solved then :look::default_clap2:

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