Per Christian Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Hi all, here are more pliosaur teeth questions from me.. these are from the Asfla Goulmima Morroco Cretaceouds turonien. I'm fairly certain the stubby one is pliosaur but seeing as I've been mistaken more than once, I'd like to ask here. I think the slender is plesiosaur, but again.. I'd like for people with more knowledge than me to pitch in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msantix Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 I agree that the first one looks Pliosaur, I can't imagine what other marine reptile described from that area would produce a tooth that robust. The second tooth reminds me more of an Elasmosaur. Both are nice teeth! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Per Christian Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 I agree. Let's see what @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon thinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 I fully agree with Michael. The top one seems robust enough and with pronounced striations enough to be a brachauchenine tooth, whereas the slender and somewhat compressed shape of the bottom one marks at as an almost certain elasmosaurid tooth, thus likely Libonectes morgani. Both are very fine teeth, and their morphology and preservation does indeed suggest their origin in Asfla/Goulmima. But the matrix is something new for me. Haven't seen any that grey and coarse before... Anyway, you seem to have found the right seller, with all these recent teeth you're showing off here 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Per Christian Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 Finally found it then Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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