I saw this on a site and made me wonder if it is authentic

[jacob86795]

Was wondering If this Allosaurus tooth was altered. The tooth is approx 0.95-1" long, seems somewhat "too good to be true".

Edited November 28, 2022 by jacob86795
Removed price

[FranzBernhard]

@jacob86795, a more detailed pic of the tooth seems to be necessary to judge on it properly.

Thank you!

Franz Bernhard

Edited November 28, 2022 by FranzBernhard

[Kane]

Moved to "IS IT REAL" subforum.

 

I have removed the price as that is not permitted on the forum. 

[Troodon]

Without a provenance it's extremely difficult to try to ID these type of teeth.

However, looks awfully narrow to be an Allosaurid tooth and no serrations are visible, looks like a partial tooth split lengthwise.   Like Franz indicated will need better photo's to see if something can be said.

[jacob86795]

here are some more photos

Edited November 28, 2022 by jacob86795

[Troodon]

I did some searching and found the tooth.  From the Morrison Fm it's real, not altered but as I suspected it's only half a tooth missing the distal half.  Not something I would recommend purchasing

[jacob86795]

still a bit confused on which side is distal/mesial, here is a photo after zooming in where you can see serrations  

Edited November 30, 2022 by jacob86795

[Troodon]

The curved outer edge is the mesial.

[rocket]

looks for me like placed in the matrix, not original found together (matrix on the fracture surface, does not fit in the hole...)

If it´s cheap and someone looks for a small-budged-tooth why not, in Germany we say "Belegstück" to fossils like this (perhaps @Ludwigia can translate )

 

Edited November 30, 2022 by rocket

[Ludwigia]

Piece of evidence is the most direct translation, but I like the word sample better.