TiffMarie Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) My boys found these in our backyard today. In Trenton, Texas. My 9 year old is great at identifying teeth but these have him stumped. Thanks for the help!! Edited May 20, 2022 by TiffMarie Add photos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Probably Mosasaure. But wait for the advice of the reptile specialists ! Coco 1 1 ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Mosasaur? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffMarie Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Coco said: Probably Mosasaure. But wait for the advice of the reptile specialists ! Coco My children would be so excited if that’s what they were! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffMarie Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, Lone Hunter said: Mosasaur? That’s what I was thinking but I don’t know much and we certainly didn’t expect to find them in our back yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 They definitely look like mosasaur but they look a lot like the Moroccan ones that you can find at most rock shops. I'm thinking somehow they were transported (by humans) to where your sons found them. Not sure how they got to your backyard though so I could be wrong. Regardless if I was nine I would have been over the moon if I found these. 1 4 “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffMarie Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Top Trilo said: They definitely look like mosasaur but they look a lot like the Moroccan ones that you can find at most rock shops. I'm thinking somehow they were transported (by humans) to where your sons found them. Not sure how they got to your backyard though so I could be wrong. Regardless if I was nine I would have been over the moon if I found these. We have been finding a lot of sharks teeth in the backyard this week, and even an ammonite. They definitely weren’t transported by anyone, as it’d be odd for them to show up here where it’s all farm country. I am thinking they may have gotten dug up when our house was built. Who knows though! We are excited either way. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Hunter Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Could you post some pictures of the teeth and ammonite? Will help determine if they are all same age and if they belong in that area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffMarie Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, Lone Hunter said: Could you post some pictures of the teeth and ammonite? Will help determine if they are all same age and if they belong in that area. Yep! Here ya go! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 It looks as though you have an interesting back yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 I agree with @Top Trilo, the mosasaur teeth look typical for Moroccan - the preservation doesn't look like any I've seen from TX. The sharks look typical for North TX (looks eerily like Post Oak with Scapanorhynchus and Squalicorax), except for the black one nearest the penny - that's a Carcharhinus (probably bull, and anyways much younger than all the other finds) and is not found in North TX. Something fishy is going on... 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...
Fossildude19 Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Someone dumped some fossils in the backyard at some point. No doubt about it. The first set of teeth are definitely Moroccan mosasaur teeth. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffMarie Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 19 minutes ago, ThePhysicist said: I agree with @Top Trilo, the mosasaur teeth look typical for Moroccan - the preservation doesn't look like any I've seen from TX. The sharks look typical for North TX (looks eerily like Post Oak with Scapanorhynchus and Squalicorax), except for the black one nearest the penny - that's a Carcharhinus (probably bull, and anyways much younger than all the other finds) and is not found in North TX. Something fishy is going on... Thanks! I wonder if someone saw my boys out digging and tossed some of these in our yard. The mosasaur ones were found pretty surface level, the others they had to do a bit more searching for and found most in “sand bars” in our culvert. We are new in our fossil hunting so we greatly appreciate the input! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val horn Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 Not that it matters but what do you know of the prior property owners. I expect to confuse somebody eventually with what i have put in the rock garden. Love the ammonite 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffMarie Posted May 21, 2022 Author Share Posted May 21, 2022 9 minutes ago, val horn said: Not that it matters but what do you know of the prior property owners. I expect to confuse somebody eventually with what i have put in the rock garden. Love the ammonite Nothing… This was farm land that now has several houses on it. The house was built last year, we are the first owners of the house. We have just over an acre on a corner lot that has about a foot of soil/clay then sandstone. They have been finding teeth where the dirt/clay layers have been eroded by rain, and in “sand bars” that settle in the culvert after rain. we do love the ammonite too! Don’t care if it was placed there or not lol It’s our first one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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