Nemegt "raptor" tooth.

[Neovenator]

Hi there. I'm looking at this tooth listed here as coming from the Nemegt Formation. I'm curious as to what everyone else makes of it. The seller states it is a "raptor" tooth but is unable to make any further guesses, I feel that is quite far from accurate but Nemegt is a blind spot for me.

 

I know a picture like this is far too unclear, but I feel the morphology of this tooth is interesting enough against the seller's I.D.

It's a bit late right now so I'm not going to hit the literature for the time being. I will say that the term raptor being used over any taxonomical nomenclature is enough to trigger my scepticism irrespective of their reasoning.

 

Edited June 3, 2022 by Neovenator

[Runner64]

Might need some clearer pictures but it’s certainly not a dromaeosaurid tooth. What’s the size of it?

[Troodon]

Yep better photos both sides, might be just the tip of a theropod.  Agree not Dromaeosaurid(raptor).  Does the seller have a locality where it was found?

[Kikokuryu]

Looks like a Triassic pytosaur tooth.

[PaleoNoel]

1 hour ago, Kikokuryu said:

Looks like a Triassic pytosaur tooth.

Funny, I was about to say the same thing. 

[Neovenator]

10 hours ago, PaleoNoel said:

Funny, I was about to say the same thing. 

I thought it looked like a number of other archosaurs before any dinosaurs.

[Neovenator]

12 hours ago, Troodon said:

Yep better photos both sides, might be just the tip of a theropod.  Agree not Dromaeosaurid(raptor).  Does the seller have a locality where it was found?

I've contacted the seller to see what else he can provide. Not least of all the measurements. I thought it MIGHT be the tip of a theropod tooth but it has some odd symmetry. I'll see if I can't get better pictures from the seller.