Dromaeosaurus albertensis Tooth

[Kikokuryu]

This is my first attempt at getting a Dromeosaurus albertensis tooth from Judith River fm. I've largely been avoiding buying dromeosaurids like the plague that aren't Acheroraptor or Saurornitholestes.

 

Provenance: Hill County, Montana

 

The tooth is repaired, and I had to realigned it while restabilizing it with butvar. The tooth doesn't seem to perfectly fit together, or too much butvar ended up in-between. There does not appear to be any serrations on the mesial edge, and it doesn't appear to have any trace of serrations, at least not that I can see with a macroscope.

 

I don't think it's Saurornitholestes sp. due to the serrations not having the distinct hooked shape. I'm not 100% sure whether or not it's Tyrannosauridae indet., but I don't think it is, but the robust dromeosaurids are supposedly very similar at first glances.

 

Any help or clues is appreciated. If any pictures are insufficient, I can try and take better photographs.

[Troodon]

Looks like a nice Dromaeosaurus tooth.  The strong lingual twist, chisel like denticles and lack of serrations on mesial edge fit one.   Saurornitholestes posterior denticles are straight, elongate and the ones near the tip are hooked distally at the very end.

[Kikokuryu]

31 minutes ago, Troodon said:

Looks like a nice Dromaeosaurus tooth.  The strong lingual twist, chisel like denticles and lack of serrations on mesial edge fit one.   Saurornitholestes posterior denticles are straight, elongate and the ones near the tip are hooked distally at the very end.

Thank you @Troodon. Glad to cross off one of the more notoriously misidentified genera.

[Runner64]

3 hours ago, Troodon said:

Looks like a nice Dromaeosaurus tooth.  The strong lingual twist, chisel like denticles and lack of serrations on mesial edge fit one.   Saurornitholestes posterior denticles are straight, elongate and the ones near the tip are hooked distally at the very end.

Agreed, and a nice one too!