DannoC Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Hi! This is my first time here so may i most embarrassingly start by asking if this is even a tooth? Found along Red Deer River in Alberta a few km south of Tolman Bridge (in Horseshoe Canyon formation). I found it washed up in an erosion channel. Thank you, Danno/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannoC Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 Sorry, I forgot to add a scale: it is 6cm from base to tip (as seen in pictures 3&4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 (edited) This is what is known as a chunosaur. A piece of fossil bone with no indication of it's identification left to be seen. I think. Edit; Whoa ! strike that. That may be a hoof core. Edited June 6, 2021 by Rockwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Wow! That's definitely a dinosaur ungual, and a very nice one at that! Either Ceratopsian or Hadrosaur. @Troodon @LordTrilobite 1 "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...
DannoC Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, Rockwood said: This is what is known as a chunosaur. A piece of fossil bone with no indication of it's identification left to be seen. I think. Edit; Whoa ! strike that. That may be a hoof core. Thank you, Rockwood! A hoof core!?! it is clearly fossilized and it must be 69-72Ma. There is something oddly familiar to the shape that i cannot make out… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannoC Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 12 minutes ago, ThePhysicist said: Wow! That's definitely a dinosaur ungual, and a very nice one at that! Either Ceratopsian or Hadrosaur. @Troodon @LordTrilobite Thank you for the confirmation! Indeed, it all makes sense now… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 This is indeed a hadrosaur hoof core. It's missing a small piece, but otherwise it seems quite nice. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Yep agree with the others hadro pes ungual. Probably Digit III given how symetrical it looks. Nice find. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannoC Posted June 6, 2021 Author Share Posted June 6, 2021 Thank you all for the quick answers! You are awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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