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Diplodocus or Apatosaurus tooth?


jikohr

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Hi everyone!

I have my eye on a nice size sauropod tooth from the Morrison but before going for it was hoping to get some insight from an outside source as I have zero experience with the Morrison. The seller claims the tooth is 2 inches and was found in Moffat County, Colorado.

He can't tell if it's Diplodocus or Apatosaurus either so any potential insight or tips on that would be greatly appreciated as well for this and future reference.

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Something else to consider is that there were also Dicraeosaurids and Rebbachisaurids in Morrison, in addition to numerous genera of Diplodocids. Very little is known on how to distinguish their teeth from each other, so I wouldn’t identify any of such teeth anything other than Diplodocoidea indet.

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