fossil_lover_2277 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) Below are 3 "teeth" I found yesterday in North Carolina's Black Creek Group, and I am no expert in identifying dino teeth. The first one is obviously hadrosaur, but not sure if more can be known about it. The second one, it's general shape looks like a "tooth", but honestly I'm not sure whether it is or isn't. It looks somewhat similar to pachycephalosaurid teeth I looked up online, but such teeth are rare and not known from Appalachia, so I'm doubtful. The last "tooth" looks to be therapod, but there's no enamel. The base where it's broken off looks similar to the breaks I've seen in some other therapod teeth in nicer condition, but as I said I am no expert in dino tooth morphology. Could well be a rock, but if so it's an odd-looking rock. All 3 teeth with scale: Tooth #1: Tooth #2: Tooth #3 Edited August 23, 2022 by fossil_lover_2277 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 There are multiple hadrosauroids in that group and being campanian in age probably more that have yet to be identified. I'm not sure what the other two are including them being dinosaurian especially the middle one. I'm not seeing any serrations or evidence of serrations on the last one. Might be theropod but the preservation makes it a difficult call. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_lover_2277 Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Troodon said: There are multiple hadrosauroids in that group and being campanian in age probably more that have yet to be identified. I'm not sure what the other two are including them being dinosaurian especially the middle one. I'm not seeing any serrations or evidence of serrations on the last one. Might be theropod but the preservation makes it a difficult call. Do you think the middle one is close enough that it’d be worth showing/emailing to a professional paleontologist who specializes in east coast dinosaurs? I only ask because there is a lot unknown about east coast dinos, if it is something new, I’d want to make sure it’s studied like it needs to be and that I don’t just toss it aside. Edited August 23, 2022 by fossil_lover_2277 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 No I don't believe that is dinosaurian. Of course you can always contact Chase Doran Brownstein, he's published extensively on east coast dinosaurs. Contact info https://chasebrownstein.weebly.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil_lover_2277 Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 (edited) Thank you. I have some pieces of bone that I am going to post from this same site, the ones I think have enough shape to them to ID them as dino, croc, mosasaur, terrestrial mammal, or cetacean (Pliocene and Pleistocene materials are fairly uncommon at this site, but there are some). I may email him about them too if they turn out to be interesting enough. Edited August 23, 2022 by fossil_lover_2277 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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