Jumly Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 My husband went to an estate sale and came home with this "dinosaur tooth." The estate sale company didn't know anything about it, or where it came from. I'm not even sure it's real. Thoughts? Neither of us know much about this stuff, so thank you in advance for any insight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 looks good from here. some sort of tyrannosaur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Agree its a Tyrannosaurid tooth. Is it real? Does it have some weight or is it very light. If you lightly/gently tap it does it ting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumly Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Troodon said: Agree its a Tyrannosaurid tooth. Is it real? Does it have some weight or is it very light. If you lightly/gently tap it does it ting? Thank you! It has some weight to it, but I don't know if that weight is coming from whatever the bottom is filled in with. When I tap on it, I'm not hearing anything resembling a "ting" sound though. What would a ting indicate? Edited May 27, 2022 by Jumly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Thats good it has weight, unlikely its the matrix (sand) on the bottom unless a weight was added. The bottom looks awfully flat, except on corner and smooth thats not typical on a break but the tooth looks real but? Replicas are typically light and made up of some resin. If you want to really be sure try a hot pin on the base and see if it melts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 It's a replica of a T. rex tooth held in the MOR collections - I have a replica of the same tooth (it also has sand glued to the bottom): 6 "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...
Jumly Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 1 minute ago, ThePhysicist said: It's a replica of a T. rex tooth held in the MOR collections - I have a replica of the same tooth (it also has sand glued to the bottom): Wow, yours is almost identical to ours! Mystery solved! Thank you everyone for the insight and guidance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Same tooth, the base is very different so is the paint job, must have been casted by others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 I have kept my feet still, but was wondering for myself if there are some voids / air bubbles at the base of the OP´s tooth. The second example clearly has some. Franz Bernhard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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