DH567 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 I found this one several years ago collecting east of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Found several pieces which look like "Specimen 2" which look like conical teeth, but not sure. The first specimen is definitely a tooth. Any help you can offer on an ID would be greatly appreciated. Here is the geological info for the location: Unit name Santa Rosa Formation of Chinle Group Unit age Triassic Plan to get out "west" to do some more collecting. Didn't find much in the Peace River this weekend and fossils like this one are soooooo much fun :jig: Thanks! Don Don in Ft. Myers, Florida ______________________________________________ "Very interesting for an old duffer like me to try his hand at something new. If I don't do that once in a while, I might just turn into a fossil, you know!" Norman Rockwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Yeah, #1 looks like it bit things for a living! #2 is just mystifying...what does the other side look like? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Maybe a pytosaur tooth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH567 Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 Yeah, #1 looks like it bit things for a living! #2 is just mystifying...what does the other side look like? A couple more views of the "other specimens" Don in Ft. Myers, Florida ______________________________________________ "Very interesting for an old duffer like me to try his hand at something new. If I don't do that once in a while, I might just turn into a fossil, you know!" Norman Rockwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 (edited) Maybe a pytosaur tooth? Phytosaur teeth are themost common teeth in the Chinle, bit this one seems to have too much of apointed oval cross-section. I think phytosaur teeth are more conical. Edited February 23, 2011 by jpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Phytosaur teeth are themost common teeth in the Chinle, bit this one seems to have too much of apointed oval cross-section. I think phytosaur teeth are more conical. Some of these are not connical at all, but I don't know how accurately they are ID'd: http://www.paleodirect.com/phyto1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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