Strange little Kem Kem tooth

[FF7_Yuffie]

Hello, so I saw this a while ago, and seller has sent me some extra photos. It's a very strange little tooth from Ksar es Souk, Kem Kem. The seller found the closest match being the pterosaur Ornithodesmus latidens at a museum, so assumes this comes from a pterosaur of a similar species.

 

I haven't seen any Kem Kem teeth like this. It is 1.5cm long, has slight serrations. I am wondering if it might actually be a juvenile tooth from Hamadosuchus or one of the other serrated-toothed crocs from there. I see some of their teeth have this triangular shape--though not an exact match.

 

Would love to see others ideas.

 

Thanks

[gigantoraptor]

Agree with croc tooth, most likely Hamadasuchus rebouli.

 

 

43 minutes ago, FF7_Yuffie said:

 pterosaur Ornithodesmus latidens

 

Is that a pterosaur species? I thought it was reclassified as a dinosaur genus. Do pterosaurs have serrated teeth?

[Troodon]

Agree I would lean toward it being a Crocodyliform.   Possibly another good candidate is Araripesuchus rattoides

Cretaceous Crocodyliforms from the Sahara by Sereno et al. 2009

 

[FF7_Yuffie]

12 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said:

Agree with croc tooth, most likely Hamadasuchus rebouli.

 

 

 

Is that a pterosaur species? I thought it was reclassified as a dinosaur genus. Do pterosaurs have serrated teeth?

 

 

Cheers -- you're right, I've just looked and the pterosaur fossils which were assigned to ornithodesmus have been reassigned to Istiodactylus now.

Guess the seller's info is out of date with the ornithodesmus ID. 

 

Thanks for taking a look. I had an inkling it was croc, but good to have it confirmed.

 

Cheers

 

3 minutes ago, Troodon said:

Agree I would lean toward it being a Crocodyliform.   Possibly another good candidate is Araripesuchus rattoides

Cretaceous Crocodyliforms from the Sahara by Sereno et al. 2009

 

 

Cheers.

 

Yeah, they are a good fit. More fitting with the size of this tooth too.

 

Thanks for taking a look

Edited May 25, 2021 by FF7_Yuffie

[pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon]

Agree, I'd classify this as a crocodilian tooth of the type commercially labelled as Hamadasuchus rebouli. Here are some further examples:

 

 

 

 

[BellamyBlake]

Hamadasuchus rebouli was my first instinct as well